Red winged BB female

Gallery: AvianPosted May 18, 201343 views6 comments

From a local cattail pond.

D7000, sigma 150-500 @ 500mm,
1/1250,f6.3, ISO 320
HH, 80% of full frame

I tried various crops but always end up liking the ones with more of the BG reeds, so ended up with this landscape version with a little off the top and right side to decenter.

LR4, settings usual stuff except I did +10 vibrance after using "camera neutral" profile instead of "adobe standard", which I usually use at start.

All C&C welcome, and the larger version shows it off better.
Thanks.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 18, 2013 at 10:53 PM

Looks very nice and quite natural. I too like the setting and the composition.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 19, 2013 at 2:33 AM

Jeff,

Not the easiest background to make the bird pop from, but this works very well. I might consider a tad of toning down the whites on the lower part of the perch.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 19, 2013 at 7:42 AM

Amazing how these BB maneuver so well throughout this type of reed habitat! Nice capture and pose. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 19, 2013 at 2:58 PM

Well taken Jeff, love the colors of this female and the habitat veg.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 19, 2013 at 3:54 PM

A great pose in natural settings Jeff. Well captured.

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Comment posted by Jeff Lewis on May 20, 2013 at 5:16 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone. Ken, I agree on the perch, does seem a bit glaring, especially now that you mention it and my eye keeps going there

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