Western Kingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted October 11, 2009104 views9 comments

I haven't had much chance to get out and have been working on cataloging and keywording old images. Here's one I passed over on the first go around. It's about 70% of full frame. C and C welcome.

1D2N, 500f4 + 2x, 1/1600, f8, iso 400

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9 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 11, 2009 at 5:03 PM

Not sure how you missed this beauty on the first go around Keith...it makes me wonder how good the other shots must have been. great flight shot of this Kingbird. He was low enough to be crop dusting

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Comment posted by Ed Cordes on October 11, 2009 at 5:36 PM

I like the action and the detail you captured. The colors are super. Only wish is that the shore line didn't bisect the head.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM

Sweet action here Keith, I've tried to get this species in flight and don't have a good one yet. This is really nice. If it were mine I would crop a little from the top, but that's personal taste.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 11, 2009 at 9:09 PM

Keith, great details in this bird. I like the position you caught the bird it too. Tough flight shot to be sure. Well done. Only suggestion, the blues of the water seem a bit over saturated on my monitor. Not sure if others feel the same.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on October 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM

Excellent capture, Keith. Clear and colorful. Interesting to see the pose too. Maybe the blue is a bit oversaturated. If it were less saturated perhaps the position of the horizon would be less of a bisector for the bird.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on October 13, 2009 at 4:05 AM

Keith:
I don't understand how you missed this one either. Great wing position, eye contact, and DOF. The sky looks over saturated to me too.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 13, 2009 at 9:14 AM

Keith,

Love the flight pose, how low the bird is to the ground, the eye contact and the spread of the wing.

The blue does look oversaturated to my eyes too.

A fine image as posted and toning down the blues will make it even stronger.

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Comment posted by Sally King on October 13, 2009 at 10:16 PM

That is some pose you have captured. Nice colors and feather details.

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Comment posted by Bob McQuade on October 14, 2009 at 7:03 AM

Great, sharp capture. I also think it could be made stronger by cropping out some sky and maybe even a tad of the soft FG.

Registered on October 8, 2009, 214 Posts, 432 Comments