Great Kiskadee

Gallery: AvianPosted March 23, 2014157 views8 comments

A kiskadee from Costa Rica a couple years back. The purple are just OOF flowers in the background.

50D, 500mm f/4 with 1.4x
ISO 800
Fill flash @ -2 1/3

Noise Reduction applied to background

Larger version supplied.

Thanks for taking a look

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Alan LaFaver on March 24, 2014 at 1:22 AM

Nice shot . Colors on this guy are interesting to me. Don't seem to match. Looks like he's a 3 way mix of some sort.....

Anyway, only thing negative that popped in my head was, wish the crop wasn't so close. Don't know why, weird, that's just what popped in there.

Everything looks perfect on all other aspects to me.

How far away was he? Are you using a better beamer for fill flash w/ such a long focal length?

Al

Registered on February 28, 2014, 18 Posts, 147 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 24, 2014 at 8:45 AM

Are you using a better beamer for fill flash w/ such a long focal length?

No. This was with my Canon 580 EX flash. With fill flash there is no need for a better beamer (which I don't like anyway). That flash has a guide number of 58 and when you are shooting at -2 1/3 it has a very long reach, especially for the purpose of just a touch of fill.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 24, 2014 at 9:13 AM

Nice image, Keith. A good job on the noise reduction. If I recall the 50D was pretty noisy at iso 800. For my taste, I'd remove the pinpoint catchlight from the flash. Other than that, the pose and composition are great and I like the purple in the bg.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on March 24, 2014 at 10:36 AM

A fine looking bird and a nice clean shot with good colors and detail. I like the tight crop.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 24, 2014 at 3:56 PM

Nice flash-photo, well-exposed. Always tricky, but you surely master this ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 24, 2014 at 7:38 PM

Nice use of dil flash on this one Keith. Excellent detail and nice perch

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 25, 2014 at 7:31 PM

Sweet portrait of this beauty Keith. Excellent detail, perfect use of fill flash, I really like the saturated feel of the background. Just a personal nit, but I wish for a different perch, just not much for cut branches.

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 10, 2014 at 10:54 PM

Expert use of flash & tack sharp, love the colors - Both bird & BG Keith.
Outstanding

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments