White-browed Blackbird

Gallery: AvianPosted March 23, 201475 views9 comments

I believe this is a young male White-browed Blackbird.
It was on a perch just besides the road.
Photo taken from the car window with a bean bag.

f/5.6, 1/500, -0.33, ISO 100, @420mm
Canon 7D, 300mm + 1.4x

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on March 23, 2014 at 2:54 PM

Jefferson,
You took advantage of a great opportunity. Nicely done. Is this full frame? If not I would add just a touch of canvas on top. I would also clone out the green shoots sticking out of the right side of the branch as well as the dead branch with nothing on it on the left side of the branch. Somewhat distracting. Otherwise you got a very sharp image here with a great head turn and a good background.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on March 23, 2014 at 3:00 PM

Love the left foot gripping the top of the perch. Excellent detail and sharpness in some great light. Also I really like the two tone BG, works especially well on this image.

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 23, 2014 at 3:51 PM

I agree with David's cloning recommendations, at least as far as the green twirly stuff. Excellent shot, otherwise. Some more headroom would help and easily done.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on March 23, 2014 at 5:02 PM

Beautiful with sharp bird and BG. TFS...

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on March 23, 2014 at 5:47 PM

Thanks for your comments, guys.

I've worked a little on the image, trying to improve it as you suggest.

I would appreciate your comments on the changes I've done.

Regards,
Jefferson

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 23, 2014 at 10:30 PM

A sweet image to start with Jefferson, and the repost is even better. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 23, 2014 at 10:55 PM

And excellent bird and excellent photo. I'm not usually a fan of cloning, but I have to agree the repost improves an already strong shot.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 25, 2014 at 2:47 AM

Nice detail and perch Jefferson. I'd be tempted to remove the green grass seeds???

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on March 25, 2014 at 7:59 AM

Hi Rob, I've actually done that. Please, take a look at the repost.
Thanks for visiting and commenting...

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