Singing Redwing

Gallery: AvianPosted April 13, 201075 views6 comments

This is my first attempt at a Blackbird from a couple days ago. I'm not sure it's worthhy but I will have another chance later this week and thought I might as well get some tips now to arm myself. This was taken hand-held out the car window with the 50D and Sigma 150-500 with OS on at about 400mm. It had some blue fringing which I dealt with in CS3 and I cloned out a couple of branches. Thanks for looking.

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Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 13, 2010 at 3:04 PM

Looks good to me, Clayton. Might sharpen a tad around the head, but its hardly noticeable.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 13, 2010 at 3:59 PM

A PERCH MADE FOR THE WING!
Very nice Clayton!

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on April 13, 2010 at 7:54 PM

Love the perch and pose. Also see a bit of a sharpening halo, but easily taken care of.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 13, 2010 at 11:47 PM

super perch, nice catchlight and pose, good detail in the blacks. I agree, maybe a bit more sharpening on the head. I think I see a bit of the halo mentioned--maybe a shadow/highlight halo (too large a radius used/not selectively applied?) as opposed to a sharpening one?

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Brandon Sideleau on April 14, 2010 at 7:09 PM

NICE! I've been photographing these guys a lot here in So Cal and they always seem ready to sing!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on April 14, 2010 at 9:36 PM

I like the way you have held on to the details in the blacks. Nice pose. Thanks for sharing.

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