Blue Bird #2+repost

Gallery: AvianPosted February 8, 2013141 views8 comments

Taken at the same place as my previous post of a bluebird. The birds were moving around frequently, not leaving much time to work on composition or adjust settings. Mid-afternoon sun was a bit difficult to work with when combined with the rapid movements of the birds. Still, glad to get any decent images of bluebirds in February.

Canon PS SX50
1/160 @ F-6.5 ISO 400
4.3-215mm @ 215mm (1200mm 35mm equivalent)
HH

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 8, 2013 at 4:12 PM

The colors really stand out against the BG here. Nice species to have in front of your lens, however brief they may sit still

, Hans

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 8, 2013 at 4:31 PM

Good for 1200mm EQ. I could wish for a catchlight, but the sun and the bird would have to cooperate!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 8, 2013 at 4:40 PM

nice pose and comp, and an interesting setting, John. wish the bird had given you a catchlight.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on February 8, 2013 at 5:29 PM

I think the perch really makes this shot interesting, the way the delicate bark curls out into space. Unfortunate about the shadow but you get what you can get. Still a quite nice bluebird image.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 8, 2013 at 6:20 PM

Interesting effort at 1200mm equivalent. Pretty cool to be able to pull that off with a super zoom PS. At this size, there does not appear to be much feather detail. Maybe it is there, but I can't discern it.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on February 9, 2013 at 4:13 PM

I like the contemplative pose and the curled bark perch John. If this were mine I might be inclined to crop from the right to the end of the middle tree - eliminating the space between that tree and the one on the far right.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on February 9, 2013 at 6:20 PM

Very nice shot. How do you think dodging the face a little will impact the image?

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 10, 2013 at 8:12 PM

Tried a couple of suggestions: cropped off of the right side, and tried to lighten shadow. Thank everyone for your comments.

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