Hermit Thrush

Gallery: AvianPosted February 11, 2010105 views7 comments

These guys never come into our yard because the woods in the back lot are preferred but we are having record snows right now so he was up at our feeders.
Model: NIKON D3
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
Lens (mm): 850
ISO: 800
Aperture: 6.7
Shutter: 1/500
Exp. Comp.: -1.0

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 11, 2010 at 6:18 PM

The open mouth and tongue showing is great with the snow being icing on the cake. Would have liked a little light on the eye and slightly better exposure on the breast but it was a tough shot to get, good job.

- Luke

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 11, 2010 at 6:38 PM

A very nice shot Doug. I like the overall feel of winter and the great BG. The exposure on the bird is OK with me. Some light in the eye would have been very nice, but in these dark conditions not much you could do.

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Comment posted by Ed Dubois on February 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Catching the moment with the open mouth and the flakes falling is really nice Douglas. Well handled.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on February 11, 2010 at 8:12 PM

What a special image. the snow and that cute little expression combined with the fluffy body. Love it

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Comment posted by David Sparks on February 11, 2010 at 8:42 PM

Douglas:
The thumbnail certainly does not do this one justice. I like the mood of the larger image with the dark, snowy BG and pretty bird in a nice pose. Did you use flash?

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 11, 2010 at 8:58 PM

This has a neat wintery feel to it, the falling snow adds a lot. I also like the open bill.

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Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on February 12, 2010 at 8:31 AM

Very nice, excellent pose of the subject and great winter mood with falling snow, naked twigs and OOF leaf.
Giorgio

Registered on November 16, 2007, 87 Posts, 793 Comments