High-stepping Verdin

Gallery: AvianPosted January 31, 2015547 views6 comments

This Verdin was very cooperative for me at Gilbert Water Ranch in late December. I photographed this behavior several times, where it used one foot to grab a branch above its head, and hold it while it foraged.

I appreciate your critiques and comments.

f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO 400

Crop to 50% of original (10 of 20MP). Cloned out a small second catchlight.

Canon 7DII, 500mm + 1.4x TC, tripod

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Todd Bauer on January 31, 2015 at 9:44 PM

I wish it was mine.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 31, 2015 at 10:17 PM

Yes - Good habitat/behaviour shot
Like it
JohnR

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 1, 2015 at 1:03 AM

Very good behavioral capture, and an unusual behavior. Pretty cool. If it were mine, I might back the sharpening down just a bit; it's not oversharpened, but it has obviously been sharpened. For me, that's a distraction.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 1, 2015 at 2:24 AM

Great pose and setting Brian

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 1, 2015 at 9:32 AM

Thanks, Jim. I've very recently switched from Photoshop CS4 to Photoshop CC, and I've found that the typical range of adjustments that I used previously with Smart Sharpen in CS4 seem to be too much in CC. I'm still trying to dial in the right range.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 1, 2015 at 12:24 PM

Cracking pose and lovely species as well of course ! Love it ! Hans

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