Female red wing blk Brd

Gallery: AvianPosted May 8, 201380 views6 comments

Caught this girl just as she landed in our crab apple tree. Was watching a redtail being mobbed by crows and almost missed this shot.

Canon PS SX50
1/250 @ F-8 ISO 100
Canon 4.3-215 @ 215mm

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 8, 2013 at 1:35 AM

Very nice image -
The eye is dark and Lost" - I bet with a little adjustment of levels/brightness/contrast, you could bring it out a little.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 8, 2013 at 2:36 AM

John,

I agree with Sandy on this one, I am sure that the eye could be brought out a little more

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 8, 2013 at 6:57 AM

Nice settings for this capture John. I agree with comments on the eye, all else looks fine to me.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 8, 2013 at 7:28 AM

I too would work on dodging the eye area to see if you can bring some detail out. Love the perch.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 8, 2013 at 5:22 PM

Love the perch and sky BG John, good look at this female.
Nice head turn and pose with the tail fanned out a bit too

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Comment posted by Dave Walz on May 9, 2013 at 8:57 AM

The females of this species is so non-descript yet the perch really made this picture pop. Very nice capture.

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