California Towhee

Gallery: AvianPosted May 5, 201380 views7 comments

5/5/13 Newport Beach, California I set up my blooming plants to attract Hummingbirds and along came this California Towhee with a moth in his mouth. He landed in perfect range and gave me one shot.

D800 Nikkor 600mm 1/1250 f/8 ISO800 Flash with Better Beamer white balance auto tripod and Wimberley gimbal Processed in Lightroom, CS6 and NIK cropped slightly

Comments welcome

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7 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 5, 2013 at 8:16 PM

Excellent, Patrick. Great pose and the moth adds a lot.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 5, 2013 at 8:23 PM

A nice capture Patrick, maybe a tiny bit less light from the flash but I don't know this bird and this aspect is tough for me to comment. Very sharp plumage and eye. A pleasant picture.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 5, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Well done, Patrick. A bit more DOF would have been nice.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 6, 2013 at 8:44 AM

Great pose and of course the moth adds to the image. The flash is pretty apparent on this one. Don't know if you used negative flash compensation or not.

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 7, 2013 at 2:42 PM

Excellent Patrick. The bug in the mouth makes the image for me.
May

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on May 7, 2013 at 3:28 PM

Great image Patrick with the prey item in its beak.

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on May 14, 2013 at 12:19 AM

Great capture of the moth in the mouth. The details and exposure look fine to me considering this Towhee is a drab and plain looking bird. Nicely done !

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