Nestbuilding Grackle

Gallery: AvianPosted June 12, 2013241 views4 comments

Photo of a Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) from the archives. They are quite common here, though more so last year than this year. Yet, I still like to shoot them. Their colors truly become flamboyant when the light is right. This one here shows more subdued colors matched to the BG.

Canon 7D, Sigma 150-500 at 500 mm, f/10, ISO 500, 1/200 sec, HH, natural light, PP in LR5, CS6 and NIK. Cropped from landscape to portrait. Grafted canvas from another shot onto the bottom to place bird higher into the frame.

I'm still working on finding the best sharpening and NR workflow.

All comments are much appreciated. Thanks for looking and thanks for all your comments on my other photos. Roger.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on June 12, 2013 at 9:32 AM

Ooops, just as I looked at it now, I noticed that I should have cloned out the twig poking out of the chest.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 12, 2013 at 11:41 AM

Sweet pose and excellent detail in the larger image, Roger. I like the subdued palette.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM

Fine image. The detail is very good, I like the pose and the background is just right.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on June 13, 2013 at 6:41 AM

A very good job on this difficult bird to expose properly Roger. The balance between the bird and background is just right. I am still looking for sharpening and NR workflow also. Currently have NIK software on trial, at first try it seems to work somewhat better for me.

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