Eastern Kingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted July 5, 20183,546 views8 comments

I'm testing out a 600mm f4 lens and its pretty amazing. The kingbirds have a nest near the pond so they have been willing test subjects. They beat up some grackles that were trying to raid their nest this morning. D500 600mm f4g (1/640 sec at f5.0, Iso 640). Levels, DeNoise, crop for comp (10x8).............................Jim

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 5, 2018 at 9:36 PM

Fine soft light, pose and detail, Jim. With that lens you'll get some fine images of the smaller birds. Looking forward to more.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 5, 2018 at 10:35 PM

Jim, this is a beauty! Sweet pose, great detail, nice BG and framing.Well done!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 6, 2018 at 10:58 PM

Lovely, Jim. Excellent pose, perch and background. Detail of the Kingbird is very good. Well done.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 7, 2018 at 10:13 AM

A very nice composition with the tree and background. Nice head turn and good detail.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on July 7, 2018 at 12:27 PM

Beautiful capture of this Kingbird, Jim. I love the soft light and that nice background, to show him up so nicely. Great detail in the subject too.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 8, 2018 at 2:26 PM

Great results with the new lens Jim. I sold my long lens a couple of months ago, the birding's done here.
Take good care of that baby & she'll serve you well I'm sure. crying

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 8, 2018 at 2:48 PM

Very nice perch, exposure and head turn Jim. I would take a sliver off the top. devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 8, 2018 at 6:12 PM

Nice crop with superb composition including the wonderful background. I definitely prefer this one to the more recently posted Eastern Kingbird image. I do agree with Nate about taking a tiny bit off the top.

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