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Hard & Fast
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Hard & Fast

by Howard Cheek

Gallery: AvianPosted July 29, 2015117 views9 comments

The morning light comes up hard & fast now. That 'golden hour' keeps shrinking on me.enlightened (Painted Bunting juvie)

F/6.3, 1/320th, ISO 800, 5DM2, 300mm f/2.8 + 2x ext. & natural light @ 8:08am

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 29, 2015 at 1:31 PM

Lovely subtle colors in the juvenile plumage, Howard and well captured.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 29, 2015 at 9:00 PM

Gotta get up earlier. 8:08 is just about the shank of the day!sad Well composed and nice light. The colors are starting to come in on the Juvie. Excellent!devil

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on July 29, 2015 at 10:15 PM

Lovely light and beautiful background show this juvie well. You managed just enough head angle to make this work well Howard. devil

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 29, 2015 at 10:26 PM

Love the light on this juvie Howard. I do wish you had just a touch more head turn, but this still works well. When I saw the thumb, I thought it was he female, but saw the colors barely visible once I opened it. Very nice!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 30, 2015 at 11:24 AM

Howard,

The light on this is wonderful, great imagedevil

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 30, 2015 at 4:00 PM

Really like the pose Howard, love the light and the muted green baclground, beautiful!  Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 30, 2015 at 5:11 PM

The lighting is dramatic here Howard, a little bit better head angle might have improved this but I think it works well anyway.    devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on July 30, 2015 at 6:56 PM

I guess everyone including myself really enjoys the color depth on this image.  Very nice.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Thompson on July 30, 2015 at 7:32 PM

The yellows with greens work so well together in this image Howard. Great detail in the Bunting too. Maybe a little more head turn would have been nice but I like this a lot as posted. Well done!  devil

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments