Brown Creeper

Gallery: AvianPosted January 27, 201383 views9 comments

Took this photo of a Brown Creeper along the river behind my house in Timberville Virginia while waiting to see if the Eagles would show up today. It may not be an exciting bird but part of nature all the same. It is a heavy crop..cropped away about 80% of image for this comp.
C&C welcome

Canon 7D, 100-400L @ 365mm, 1/400sec, f/8, iso320, AP, partial metering, tripod used, cropped, small contrast adjustment in CS6

Dave

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9 comments

Comment posted by Marlise Launstein on January 27, 2013 at 2:26 PM

Nice! The birds a little blury but, it still looks really nice!

Registered on August 31, 2011, 28 Posts, 175 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 27, 2013 at 4:22 PM

Good capture. Smaller birds are always harder. The heavy crop cost you some detail, especially noticeable in the bird's back. If it were mine, I might selectively tone down the background. The bark helps with the overall image.

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 27, 2013 at 8:15 PM

Nice shot of this elusive bird - I'm afraid the heavy crop shows, though, as it's pretty soft.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 27, 2013 at 9:57 PM

I like the pose and the moss on the tree, but to me (besides the large crop) it looks like your focal point was on the tree.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by David E Lester on January 27, 2013 at 11:28 PM

Thanks for the comments, I forgot my camera was set to AI Servo, so yes I think it did focus on the tree, I was waiting for the eagles to show, which they did not today, but when this bird landed and at the distance it was I turned and snapped off a couple of shots, oh well you win some and loose some....this can be a teaching point for other!!

Registered on March 24, 2010, 155 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 28, 2013 at 12:20 PM

Nice composition and good exposure, Dave. I'm not sure if it's the large crop or if the focus was on the perch rather than the bird, but the bird looks just a bit soft to my eye.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on January 28, 2013 at 6:28 PM

Mst have been difficult for autofocus on the bird with all that textered bark. Still an interesting image. Little guy's got some talons there.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by David E Lester on January 28, 2013 at 11:40 PM

Thanks for the comments, I know I dropped the ball on this one, they do not sit still long!!

Registered on March 24, 2010, 155 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on January 29, 2013 at 12:00 PM

A very difficult bird to photograph,I've only got one decent shot after many years of trying. Most of my images where heavy crops to and the quality does suffer. Good attempt though. Graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments