Background

Gallery: AvianPosted May 6, 2016130 views6 comments

This was an attempt to tailor the background the Goldfinch was placed against. We had a wonderful bloom of Camas this year and it occurred to me that it would be nice to get a Goldfinch against the blue/purple bg of a field of oof Camas. Unfortunately, I'm usually shooting slightly up at the birds, so I don't get ground behind them. To get this shot, I set up a ladder in front of our main feeder station. It has an old split fence rail as a crossbar that we hang the feeders from and the birds often perch on the crossbar while waiting for an opening. By shooting from the ladder I was able to get the angle I wanted. Unfortunately, by the time I thought of all this, I had to wait a couple of days for decent evening light and the Camas passed it's prime so the intensity of the bg isn't what I had really envisioned. Nonetheless, I like the combination of tones.

7D2, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, hand held, f/7.1, 1/1250, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1.3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 10.1 MP before resizing. Taken at 7:16 PM on May 5th.

Your comments and criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 6, 2016 at 10:49 PM

Good details and colors. I like your composition with this image. Good sharpness. Maybe just a tad brighter? Also, like the idea of a perch above your feeders! thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on May 7, 2016 at 7:45 PM

Sounds like a lot of work and planning Dennis. Nice try on the Camas. Nice work on the image here. I really like the old fence board and the nice carpet of moss under the bright and cheery goldfinch.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 8, 2016 at 12:19 AM

I think this is a very nice image with respect to color balance comp and BG. And a lot of work to get it. And well worth it.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 8, 2016 at 11:26 AM

Way to plan your shot Dennis, I think it worked out well for you. No distractions in that background and the perch with moss is very cool. The feather detail in the Goldfinch looks very sharp with natural colors and nice catchlight in the eye. devil

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 8, 2016 at 6:35 PM

Beautiful capture Dennis. I like the perch and the background. I also like the effort you made to get this image.
May

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 10, 2016 at 11:21 PM

Nice clean image of this Goldfinch Dennis.

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