Band-tailed Pigeon

Gallery: AvianPosted March 27, 2012116 views9 comments

These birds are year-around residents in my area, but they are extremely spooky and difficult to capture. This is my first successful effort, though it was taken through a glass door, with poor light, and hand held. Though never as good as not through glass, this one seemed good enough for posting. My plan is to set up a blind soon, getting sharper photos.

D300
300F4
1.4 TC
F5.6
1/250
ISO 1000
Tried selective sharpening for the first time, using new tools (for me). Comments and Criticism welcomed. Thanks for looking.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Alan Murphy on March 27, 2012 at 3:26 PM

A fantastic species Jim. Well photographed.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 27, 2012 at 6:14 PM

I'd be very happy with this in my files. As you note they are spooky birds and getting close is difficult.

The image quality looks very good to me. I'd never have guessed the high ISO nor the glass. Thee background is excellent. Colors are natural. The clear view of the bird showing the nape so well is wonderful.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 27, 2012 at 8:14 PM

Beautiful colors and light and background and clarity, with the plus that it also looks like a painting.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 27, 2012 at 10:28 PM

Interesting bird, nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on March 28, 2012 at 5:08 AM

Very well shot behind the glass. I believe next one will be much better with better posture of pigeon.

Thank you for sharing this lovely pigeon photo.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 28, 2012 at 11:06 AM

So do you have Nikon windows too?

Beautiful, Jim. I find that a blind works very well on these birds.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM

Very nice image quality for shooting through glass, Jim. Great pose and very nice background. Nice job capturing this species.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 29, 2012 at 3:11 AM

Sweet Portrait of a great looking bird Jim!!! I am still trying to get something even close to this, I have them in my yard almost every day, but like you said they are very skittish. Nice Work!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by May Haga on March 29, 2012 at 1:36 PM

Neat bird, nicely captured. Look forward to seeing more images of this bird.
May

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