Hooded Oriole

Gallery: AvianPosted April 18, 201596 views11 comments

Another from Salineno. This and the Altamira look superficially alike, but there's a large difference in size. The hooded comfortably perches on the edge of an orange half and eats it. The Altamira is too large for such antics.

7Dii, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/5.6, 1/1250, iso 1250, aperture priority, center weighted average metering, no compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 10MP from the original 20. Taken March 3rd at 10:48 am.

Your comments are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on April 18, 2015 at 12:28 AM

Great color in this image!! I like that you have detail in the black feathers on the birds head. I wonder if you took some off of the left side if it would improve the overall image. The larger branch I find a bit distracting. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on April 18, 2015 at 6:50 AM

Hi Dennis,

I love those rich colors. A slight crop off the left may help the composition too..............................Jim

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 18, 2015 at 9:02 AM

I do like the bird, but like the others, I'm finding the branch on the left to really pull me away.

I am concerned that it may end up causing the bird to look very centered however.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 18, 2015 at 11:17 AM

Great setting, light, sharp details, & excellent PP Dennis.

The habitat's just soft enough in contrast to the birds bold colors that he pops in the frame!

Beautiful devil devil

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 18, 2015 at 12:58 PM

Hi Dennis, I would echo Howards comments, my only thought is a little off the top, or, moving the whole crop down to reduce the space above, I just feel its a little close to the trim edge, but personal taste. Love this vibrant orange!

TFS

Steve

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 18, 2015 at 3:20 PM

The orange is so much brighter than anything else in the picture that I don't notice the left side branch -- so not a distraction for me --

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Comment posted by John Robinson on April 18, 2015 at 5:17 PM

A great picture Dennis with habitat included which I like. Excellent bird and picture layout too.

John

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 18, 2015 at 7:16 PM

Dennis I find myself echoing Scott's comment about the comp. Lovely vivid colors and great detail-exposure is excellent as well.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on April 19, 2015 at 10:16 AM

What a beautiful bird, nice image, Dennis.

I would follow others regarding composition.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 19, 2015 at 10:35 AM

Never seen this species, thanks for showing Dennis. Nice surroundings as well. Thanks for the extra information added! Best, Hans

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 24, 2015 at 4:10 AM

Lovely setting Dennis - love the bird atands out

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