Northern Mockingbird III

Gallery: AvianPosted December 3, 201580 views7 comments

This one from Falcon State Park in Texas the day I arrived there. I liked the over-the-shoulder pose and the setting.

7D2, 300mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, hand held (I think), f/8, 1/200, iso 1000, aperture priority, center-weighted average metering with + 2/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 16.6 Mpixels. Taken February 28th at 1:01 pm under cloudy skies.

I appreciate your comments and criticisms on my previous images and look forward to your input on this one.

Thanks,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on December 3, 2015 at 8:50 PM

I like the sharpness of the eye. I think it could be just a bit darker overall. Also, I think the colors of the sprouts/leaves make the BG less distracting then just bare twigs and branches, such as in my jay photo. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 4, 2015 at 12:41 AM

Dennis,

this I like very much and is an good example that a busy background can add a lot of interest to the image if the subject stands out well, which is the case here since there is a very good eye contact for the viewer.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on December 4, 2015 at 12:13 PM

Very nice. My only comment would be to darken it a bit.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 4, 2015 at 12:51 PM

Hello Dennis, I like the image as posted. Making it darker would make the background more prominent and hence distracting I would guess. Love the bird's pose as well with the head turn ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 4, 2015 at 3:33 PM

I like the almost monochromatic look of this Dennis, excellent detail as well. devil

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 4, 2015 at 8:12 PM

No nits, Dennis. Good as is. devil

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 7, 2015 at 6:29 AM

Great pose and clean view you captured of this fellow in its complimentary habitat Dennis.

Excellent Composition!

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