White-eyed Vireo

Gallery: AvianPosted October 23, 2012335 views13 comments

Rockport, TX October 2012

D4 ISO 1600. 500/4 with 1.4 x tc. f 5.6 1/640s. Sitting near a water drip at the Connie Hagar Sanctuary. Natural foliage. Indirect light required the high ISO.

This is a first fall immature, so the iris is dark. Thanks to friends who helped to solve this for me.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 24, 2012 at 12:11 AM

The image quality on the vireo is just stunning. The pose is everything one could ask for. The background I guess might be slightly bright in places, but I'm so taken with the bird it hardly matters. On a side note, that D4 is a decent camera.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 24, 2012 at 12:32 AM

Exquisite detail on the bird! Nice pose and eye contact. The BG is bright and draws my eye - but a program like Viveza would dampen all the bright white areas (only) with one stroke. I think you'd be amazed - try the free trial.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 24, 2012 at 1:18 AM

Lovely setting Angela. The IQ of the larger image is superb

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on October 24, 2012 at 3:34 AM

Angala that D4 certainly works very well to produce a image of this quality ,the bg is a tad light but that bird more than makes up for it.
Keith.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 24, 2012 at 4:29 AM

A little beauty you captured here Angela

A pleasing composition too.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 24, 2012 at 8:48 AM

I think this is very good as posted. In the larger version I hardly notice the brightness of some of the foliage - only the bird grabs my eye.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 24, 2012 at 9:16 AM

And so I have learned from you, thanks for explaining ! Nice shot as well ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 24, 2012 at 11:49 AM

Outstanding detail in the bird especially in the larger image. I do find the background a tad distracting but the detail in the bird more than makes up for that.
May

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 24, 2012 at 1:03 PM

Terrific image as posted. Excellent color and detail; nice pose.

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Comment posted by Greg Oakley on October 24, 2012 at 6:01 PM

Wow, some great detail in this Angela!
Cheers Greg

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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on October 24, 2012 at 9:17 PM

Very nice as posted. As mentioned even though the BG is just a bit bright and distracting, the bird really catches and holds your eye.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on October 24, 2012 at 10:28 PM

Excellent shot, love the background.

Ray

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 25, 2012 at 10:31 PM

This vireo looks great in the larger version, nice job with this tough species.

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