Gallery: AvianPosted May 23, 2013136 views9 comments
Canon 50D w/ 100-400 lens
ISO 320, F8, 1/400 sec.
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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on May 23, 2013 at 5:46 PM
Only nit is that one pesky leave. Good shot nice and sharp.
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 23, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Excellent exposure; nice detail. The composition is somewhat unbalanced with too little space on the left and too much on the right IMO. There's also some haloing around the top of the head (perhaps you used Shadow/highlight to bring up the blacks?).
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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 23, 2013 at 6:59 PM
This is a very beautiful Oriole image and his colors are wonderful. I agree with mentioned nits on halo at the head and would love to see a crop putting the bird slightly to the right of center. The OOF bare twig hanging below the main perch is distracting along with the lone bit of leaf at the top. Minor stuff, easily corrected to make this really outstanding!
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 23, 2013 at 7:52 PM
Gorgeous bird, Wayne. The bird looks just a tiny bit soft-maybe another round of sharpening. Were you using a tripod? The image could use more space to the left of the bird-it's nice to give them room to "fly" into in the composition. Sometimes you can get that feel by cropping more tightly on other parts of the image. In this case, you might try cropping the bottom and right side fairly tightly to the bird and see what it looks like.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 23, 2013 at 10:18 PM
Excellent exposure and pose of the bird. I agree with the others on the crop.
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Comment posted by LeRoy Gunderson on May 24, 2013 at 9:43 AM
The color is outstanding. The larger image is very nice and shows a great amount of detail.
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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 24, 2013 at 10:17 AM
Very nice colors and open view of this beautiful oriole. Sharon
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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 24, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Most have been said already.. I would like to have a clear view of this species someday - so I am positively jealous ! Cheers, Hans
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 24, 2013 at 12:20 PM
I echo what Richard noted. If it were mine, I might even try a vertical composition.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
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