Crissal Thrasher, Take2

Gallery: AvianPosted April 10, 2018401 views4 comments

Let's try this again.
Better detail on breast, I hope, even though it was quite windy:

A rare Mexican visitor to the extreme SE of Arizona
D850
Sigma S 150-600 @550
1/400 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 320
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 10, 2018 at 7:54 PM

The paler fringes look nice and sharp, Sandy. The rest of the breast does look a little "smeary", though not really bad. It's almost like the focal plane were slightly in front of the bird and that pale area was at the extreme back of the focal zone. I'm not familiar with Nikon's AF system, but with all those needles, if you were using multiple AF points, it might have locked on to one of them.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on April 11, 2018 at 3:18 PM

Nice pose and perch. Great find!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 13, 2018 at 9:48 PM

Great find! Where in SE Arizona did you find this one Sandy? Very cool. I like the comp and pose. I agree with Dennis the feather detail looks a tiny bit washed out, almost like NR was applied (even though I seriously doubt you did that). It still works though. My other nit and maybe it's just my eyes after staring at a monitor all day, but it seems like there is a slight green overcast. I might move the tint slider in LR to the right by a very small amount like +2 or 3. But only if you are seeing it also since I'm not trusting my eyes late in the day.

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Comment posted by Ry Birge on April 14, 2018 at 8:35 AM

Superb shot Sandy! Great comp and conifer and bird combination really works. nicely done!

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