Gallery: AvianPosted November 22, 2012147 views10 comments
I was lucky enough to run into this guy on a morning photo walk in Sabino Canyon.
Taken in Tucson AZ with Canon 7D with 70-200 f/4 IS w/ 1.4x @280mm
ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/400s
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10 comments
Comment posted by Jim Hansen on November 22, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Great light, pose, background, and perch. Very sharp with lots of detail. A suggestion would be to make it a horizontal crop so the bird has some more space to look in to.
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 22, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Very nice for only 280mm. Excellent detail; good exposure; nice perch. I agree with Jim about the horizontal crop.
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Comment posted by Evan Olson on November 22, 2012 at 1:16 PM
unfortunately this is the original crop, its the only one that came out nice and sharp:/
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 22, 2012 at 1:35 PM
Excellent detail and pose, and a typical perch for the quail.
Agree about the crop so the bird is not centered and cramped. We're always tempotred to crop closely around the subject to empahsize it, but backing off a bit is usually more esthetic.
Fine image!
Sandy
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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on November 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Beautiful bird with a nice perch great light. With this BG it should be fairly easy to add some canvas on the left to improve the composition, if you are so inclined.
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 23, 2012 at 4:36 AM
Sweet pose you captured of this beauty Evan. Great perch and background too. Excellent details visible in the large version.
Ken Archer
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 23, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Very nice sharpness, color and detail in this image.
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Comment posted by May Haga on November 23, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Love these guys and you have captured him nicely.
May
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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 24, 2012 at 5:21 PM
A lovely image. A great looking bird with a nice background and perch. Sharpness is excellent. Possibly a horizontal crop?
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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 26, 2012 at 11:02 PM
A wonderful shot of one of my favorite birds, I like the how the light shows the colors and feather details, way to go.
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Comments
10 commentsAgree about the crop so the bird is not centered and cramped. We're always tempotred to crop closely around the subject to empahsize it, but backing off a bit is usually more esthetic.
Fine image!
Sandy
Ken Archer
May