Kinglet #2

Gallery: AvianPosted April 21, 2010200 views15 comments

Here is another pose from my little Ruby-crowned Kinglet I first photographed and posted last week. Thank you all for your very nice comments and suggestions. Actually, he was the star here and I had such fun shooting him.

Thanks for looking and for your comments.

Canon 50D, 300mm f/4 IS w/1.4 handheld, 1/400 @ f/5.6, ISO 400

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 21, 2010 at 10:08 PM

Just a beautiful bird. There seems to be some artifacts in the BG on both the left and right sides though mostly the right. I presume cloning was done and one way to help blend it in would be to add some noise back into those areas

- Luke

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Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on April 21, 2010 at 10:14 PM

Thanks Luke. Nothing was cloned on the right and a small, quite oof branch on the extreme left edge was cloned out. I think what you are seeing on the right is another severely oof branch - maybe...

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 21, 2010 at 11:30 PM

Beautiful bird, detail, pose and BG.
I also see the artifacts, but easily corrected.

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on April 22, 2010 at 6:47 AM

Gorgeous little bird, lovely head angle and composition. The background really makes the bird pop. I also see the "artifacts?" but that is a minor nit. Well done.

Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 22, 2010 at 7:57 AM

Superb detail Hans

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on April 22, 2010 at 9:01 AM

Lovely shot! Great detail and simple presentation. They hold still for me.

Registered on January 26, 2010, 68 Posts, 719 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 22, 2010 at 10:27 AM

Hans, I somehow missed your first post of this little guy and I don't have any idea how. beautifully done sir! Love the colors and detail shown. nice and clean image!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 22, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Beautiful bird so well captured, Hans. Congrats!

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on April 22, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Pretty pretty pretty.

Peter

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on April 22, 2010 at 2:33 PM

Lovely little bird. Nice detail and good pose.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 22, 2010 at 4:29 PM

Gorgeous, Hans. No nits from me.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on April 22, 2010 at 6:14 PM

Great shot as is, but would be even better if you had used more depth of field - his left leg and tail seem out of focus. Too shallow DOF is one of my problems also. I probably wouldn't have seen the artifacts if others hadn't mentioned it. I love the color and the detail in the head.

Registered on May 28, 2009, 83 Posts, 646 Comments

Comment posted by Bryan Hix on April 22, 2010 at 9:10 PM

Great little bird Hans. Great job capturing this fast little guy. I agree with the DOF suggestion for the future, but this still works fine. If you have a bit more room at the bottom, I might give it a smidge and then fix the artifacts on the right and you're golden.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 23, 2010 at 8:33 PM

great pose and detail Hans. love it

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Comment posted by Danny Shelton on April 23, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Extra nice!

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