Black Headed Grosbeak

Gallery: AvianPosted August 2, 201571 views5 comments

I'm pretty sure this is a female and not a young male. I applied gaussian blur to the area to the left of the tree. Pretty large crop and shot in poor light. D800e, Sigma 400 5.6, 1/60, 7.1, ISO 1250. Dusted off this old Sigma lens recently, and am impressed with the quality when used with this camera. Would appreciate any comments or criticism.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 2, 2015 at 2:14 PM

Nice pose, Jim. I do see the effects of the large crop in the larger version. I like the way you handled the bg.

devil

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on August 3, 2015 at 2:35 PM

Hi Jim

The Sigma lens looks good. Blurring the backround really make the Grosbeak pop.

Peter

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 4, 2015 at 7:53 AM

Very good detailed view if the BHG's backside, nice head turn Jim.

Great job on the save devil

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 4, 2015 at 9:21 PM

Very nice backside view and details here Jim devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on August 5, 2015 at 12:48 AM

Nice image pop and color contrast.

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