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Gallery: AvianPosted May 18, 2010128 views10 comments
Another male phothonotary .Checking out a tree cavity for a possible nest.
Magee marsh
May 2010
Canon 50d
500mm w/ 1.4 TC
Iso 640
F/6.3
1/160 sec
Flash set -1 1/3
No crop just levels adj. USM set at 100% radius .03 thresholds 0
Thanks for looking
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10 comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on May 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM
amazingly sharp at 160th sec with flash. i'm really surprised you didn't get any movement/recoil from the flash...and no catchlight...
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 18, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Very neat, Joe. Beautiful detail. I'm not sure, but on my work monitor, that catchlight looks yellow?
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 18, 2010 at 2:40 PM
I like the excellent detail and the composition. The catchlight is definitely yellow. Not a lot of sharpening needed evidently (radius should be 0.3 pixels—PS only goes to 0.1). I have only ever seen one of these, in a brief flash impossible to catch. Congratulations!
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 18, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Looks good to me as posted. Lovely natural setting.
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Comment posted by KC Choo on May 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Looks good - I'd love to see one!
Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments
Comment posted by David Sparks on May 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Very nice, as posted: wonderful detail. Wow on the full frame capture.
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Comment posted by David Chauvin on May 18, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Nice color, detail and setting.
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Comment posted by Ron Pullen on May 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM
I like this close-up and it has great detail. Ron
Registered on December 18, 2005, 74 Posts, 1413 Comments
Comment posted by Douglas Graham on May 18, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Nice shot Joe love the setting.
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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 18, 2010 at 10:24 PM
As good as it gets for this species.
- Luke
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10 comments- Luke