Western Meadowlark

Gallery: AvianPosted September 20, 201182 views8 comments

From Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon (near the towns of Enterprise and Joseph). I went their for raptors, since there is supposed to be a very high breeding density, but they must have already dispersed. I saw some, but certainly nothing unusual (and all very skittish). I was about to call that part of my trip a bust when this Meadowlark decided to cooperate. He perched on a post as well, but I liked the line of the wire. Not sure if I should have rotated it a bit or not.

1DMkIV, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, hand held from truck window with beanbag. f9, 1/1600, iso 640, Av mode with no compensation, normal processing in CS4 and cropped to 6.2MP. Taken September 11th at 5:42 pm.

I always appreciate your comments and criticisms.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 20, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Hi Dennis,
I like the pose and the soft side lighting. I hadn't heard of that particular reserve, I'll have to check it out some time.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 20, 2011 at 10:57 PM

Great shot Dennis, I especially like the late light and shadows effect here..
Rotating the wire's a non-starter IMO.
Very good detail/DOF and colors, well done!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 20, 2011 at 11:06 PM

The lighting is wonderful Dennis, and the pose and perch are excellent. I'd leave is as it is, nice work,

Ray

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Comment posted by David Haynes on September 20, 2011 at 11:42 PM

Dennis,
I love the pink in the clouds of the background. You got some really nice light on this image for sure. I too like the wire perch and you have terrific detail in the feet and the feathers. Cap it off with a nice catch light in the eye and this is a nice capture Dennis.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on September 21, 2011 at 12:46 AM

Lovely lighting and I really like the crisp, sharp detail of the subject Dennis, very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on September 21, 2011 at 10:11 AM

Beautiful as posted, very clear, very sharp, great pose, great catch light.

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on September 21, 2011 at 12:58 PM

Lovely bird, but this one's all aboutthe light - beautiful. Well done.

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 26, 2011 at 2:54 PM

Excellent image Dennis.
May

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