Scarlet Tanager

Gallery: AvianPosted May 15, 2013180 views14 comments

This fellow perched high on a maple tree, I went up on a balcony and caught him singing away. A young male that still has some yellow coloring.

Cropped to 45% of FF.

1/500s, f/8, ISO 1100.
600mm +TC 1.7X on D3X.

C&C appreciated.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 15, 2013 at 7:25 AM

Nice pose of this tanager. Good sharpness and colors. You might consider a tighter crop to reduce the amount of dark space in the URHC. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 15, 2013 at 8:38 AM

I wish we had these in the NW, beautiful bird and excellent detail!

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 AM

Love the colour agree with the idea of a crop to remove dark top corner.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 15, 2013 at 12:16 PM

Very nice behavior capture and good techs. If it were mine, I'd be tempted to brighten it just a bit, being mindful not to blow the reds, to make it a bit less gloomy. I agree with John's suggestion of cropping to landscape to lose the dark upper right.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 15, 2013 at 12:33 PM

I like it as posted. Exposure looks good - the reds are under control. Colors look natural. The dark corner doesn't bother me.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 15, 2013 at 3:44 PM

John, Jim,

Thanks for your suggestions, here is a landscape crop and a bit of brightening (blowing out the red on the rump a bit).

Cheers,
Claude

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on May 15, 2013 at 6:49 PM

Sweet shot, Claude. The repost looks good and this is one great looking bird.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on May 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM

Nice capture of the beautiful bird. It looks even better in the larger version.

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Comment posted by Greg Oakley on May 16, 2013 at 3:09 AM

Lovely shot and a cracking bird, Claude!
Cheers, Greg

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 16, 2013 at 3:14 AM

Claude,
Amazing colours in this one, and a great pose. Glad to see the IQ held up in the tighter repost , although for me I think I prefer the OP

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 16, 2013 at 3:29 AM

Beautiful capture of this handsome fellow Claude. Nice singing pose through the clearing of leaves in your second version.

Sweet Photo!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 16, 2013 at 3:41 PM

Nice job in getting this shot, I happen to like the first post as is, wonderful feather detail in the larger version.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 16, 2013 at 3:59 PM

A beautiful bird in a beautiful setting! Excellent pose, color, and details. I prefer the original post.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 16, 2013 at 8:17 PM

The bold colors of the tanager pop in this great habitat, very nice Claude.
I especially like the side view & singing pose, well done!

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