Pine Siskin

Gallery: AvianPosted November 27, 2017168 views7 comments

We actually had some sun this morning. In fact it was shining beautifully through the fog which was what drew me away from the morning paper and out to the blind.

I'm unsure about the horizontal positioning of the bird in this image. I have extra canvas on both sides so I can move it around quite a bit without even bothering to construct more so I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have on that aspect of it. I also tried the new DxO PhotoLab for the Raw processing (I still ended up going back to LR & PS for some touch-up stuff that I haven't been able to figure out in their software yet-just downloaded it a couple of days ago). It did seem to do a very nice job on the noise reduction.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 421 mm, Jobu Gimbal on blind window, f/9, 1/160, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1 EV (set up for Chickadees). Processed in DxO and PS and LR CC. Cropped to a 12 MP 6x7 format. Taken at 9:01 am this morning.

Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on November 27, 2017 at 7:49 PM

This is really nice Dennis. Great light, detail and colors. The shape of the photo is not what we are used to looking at, but if you can get past that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this as posted as far as I can see.

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

Comment posted by John Tobias on November 27, 2017 at 11:14 PM

Well taken, Dennis! I also would not change a thing. Good colors, details, BG, and pose. One of my favorite small birds. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 28, 2017 at 3:22 AM

A nice capture with some pleasant, warm lighting, Dennis. We have lots of these here but I haven't taken the time to try for some photos of them yet. I don't think I have any suggestions for improvement so I'll just say Nice Shot!

Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 28, 2017 at 7:38 AM

A cute view of this handsome siskin Dennis.

Great light and sharp details. I might be tempted to see how a standard vertical crop would look.

Looks great as is though laugh

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

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 28, 2017 at 8:01 AM

Beautiful - tack-sharp bird on a great perch. Nice pose and bright eye. I think the crop is fine as is, but I'm sure many purists would prefer a standard horizontal crop. A bunch of siskins just showed up here, so I'm hoping for some decent images between the rain deluges.
Really nice work!
Sandy

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

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 29, 2017 at 5:43 AM

Very sharp subject, nice head angle, catchlight, beautiful perch, lovely bg, great lighting ....... what more can one ask for?!

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on November 29, 2017 at 4:40 PM

Real good detail and lighting on this one. You had the sun in a really good position for this image. I really like the pose and the perch. Nice job on the background.

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