Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 21, 2010 at 12:31 PM
The composition and angle on the bird really appeal to me in this image, Douglas. It has a nice feel.
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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on May 21, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Beautiful!
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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 21, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Nicely captured Douglas.
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Comment posted by Marc Ward on May 21, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Douglas,
Lovely capture of one of my favorite birds. I particularly like how you've picked up some of the foreground colors in the background. Well done.
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Comment posted by David Sparks on May 21, 2010 at 7:29 PM
A dramatic image of a beautiful bird. Looking forward to more.
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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 21, 2010 at 9:07 PM
I missed this years passing thru of these beauties. I like how you got the yellow in the back and just made getting some eye contact. Would have been a nicer bird to give you a little more turn
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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on May 21, 2010 at 9:20 PM
Hi Douglas,
The overall image has a nice look with good warm tones. The enlarged view has a good bit of noise which can be easily cleaned up. I assume you were using a 500mm lens with a 1.7x teleconverter. If so, I would expect much more detail in the bird. The image would have also benefited with a little more head turn toward the camera.
Thanks for posting,
Ronnie G.
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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on May 22, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Nice composition and feel to the shot. Do wish the bird's head was turned toward the camera a bit.
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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on May 23, 2010 at 8:07 AM
Douglas,
I like the pose and the setting and the light in the bird's eye is lovely too. Agree with Ronnie on the noise in the background, but you should be able to reduce that. I like the waxwing's size in the frame .
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9 commentsLovely capture of one of my favorite birds. I particularly like how you've picked up some of the foreground colors in the background. Well done.
The overall image has a nice look with good warm tones. The enlarged view has a good bit of noise which can be easily cleaned up. I assume you were using a 500mm lens with a 1.7x teleconverter. If so, I would expect much more detail in the bird. The image would have also benefited with a little more head turn toward the camera.
Thanks for posting,
Ronnie G.
I like the pose and the setting and the light in the bird's eye is lovely too. Agree with Ronnie on the noise in the background, but you should be able to reduce that. I like the waxwing's size in the frame .