California Quail

Gallery: AvianPosted November 20, 20172,453 views12 comments

While working at Cal Tech, I took an afternoon, sunset drive on Highway 2 in the mountains above Pasadena into the San Gabriel Wilderness and was pleasantly surprised to fine that I had the Mt Wilson area all to myself. This is such a beautiful area to explore. Came across this female California Quail sunning herself on a large rock formation and she was a very cooperative subject indeed. Hand held, 75% of full frame.

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File Name   RAMY1158_CF93
Camera Model   Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Shooting Date/Time   9/20/2017 5:02:05 PM
Author   Mike Ramy
Copyright Notice   CopyRight Rock Art, Ltd All Rights Reserved
Shooting Mode   Shutter-Priority AE
Tv(Shutter Speed)   1/1600
Av(Aperture Value)   8.0
Metering Mode   Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation   +1
ISO Speed   400
Auto ISO Speed   OFF
Lens   EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
Focal Length   560.0mm

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on November 20, 2017 at 8:38 PM

Wow Mike. Gorgeous color and great detail. I love the balance and the look she gave you. Glad you got a chance to explore a bit while you were here.

Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 21, 2017 at 2:01 AM

Great pose, colours, and BG.
Love the raised foot!
From here, quite a bit of noise in the BG - easily corrected.
Fine work!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on November 21, 2017 at 2:16 AM

I love this as posted. Colors and detail are spectacular.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 21, 2017 at 10:13 AM

Love that complimentary background. The techs look very good. A little more room, especially at the top and bottom, would improve this image IMHO. Well done.

Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 21, 2017 at 10:17 AM

Hi Mike, I like this one as posted. The tightness in this doesn't bother me at all. I did see Sandy say she say a bunch of noise in the BG. I am not seeing any myself, so not sure what is happening there? Especially using ISO 400 on the DXM2, I don't get much noise at ISO 6400.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on November 21, 2017 at 10:32 AM

It is a great looking shot, Mike. I too love the colors of the background complimenting the colors in the bird. I too see some noise in the background, but I also see what appears to be one dust spot over on the right hand side in the background. Otherwise, an awesome image, with great detail in the subject!

Registered on May 27, 2017, 77 Posts, 844 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on November 21, 2017 at 1:53 PM

A well composed image. I like the glow of the background (and I don't see any noise to speak of). The general color scheme of the quail nicely mirrors the background. Terrific pose, including the head turn.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 22, 2017 at 5:33 AM

A simply beautiful portrait Mike. Great pose you captured of the quail and extremely sharp. But, the background color is what puts this one over the edge for me.

Sweet One!

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 22, 2017 at 10:42 AM

Wow, very nice image, Mike. The BG colors are as much adding to the image as the Quail.. Lovely, complimentary colors. devil

, Cheers, hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on November 22, 2017 at 12:38 PM

Great light. Very nice color and details and a good pose. Well done.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 22, 2017 at 1:50 PM

A sweet pose with excellent detail and a perfect bg for the colors of the bird, Mike. I'm not seeing the noise Sandy mentions. Well done.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 24, 2017 at 11:05 AM

Excellent Mike, love the alert pose, soft light and background. devil

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