The 'humble' Pigeon

Gallery: AvianPosted July 16, 2017149 views4 comments

Pigeons are perhaps not the most attractive subjects and often very much overlooked to photograph, but I quite liked the light on this one whilst on an early morning walk a while back, as it 'illuminated' the subject.

Thanks to those who posted or viewed the previous thread.

Steve

Subject: Pigeon in early morning light
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 1DX MKII
Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/2000s at f/5.6 ISO640
Original format: Landscape, slight crop from top, almost FF width
Processed via: LRCC & PSCC2017

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on July 16, 2017 at 1:04 PM

I agree that the light on this is quite pleasing. The warm toned background allows the bird to stand out well. I do find that the shaded leaf is a little bit of an eye magnet. And speaking of eyes, I think the pigeon eye nicely mirrors the colors in the background which benefits the image.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 16, 2017 at 6:37 PM

Nice light and a nice color palette. Your exposure made the eye really pop. But I think that big leaf needs to be either darker or brighter.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 16, 2017 at 7:03 PM

Nice light on the pigeon and the background, Steve. If you're into playing with such things, I'd be tempted to paint a little extra light on that leaf.

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 17, 2017 at 11:49 AM

I think that big leaf needs to be either darker or brighter.

Darker gentlemen, if it's lighter then it would draw the eye more.

Thanks

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