Ardeola Ralloides

Gallery: AvianPosted June 2, 2010128 views9 comments

Hello All,
it was a busy moment at work but at last I managed to escape from the city for a couple of days to try my new tripod and gimbal head.
This shot was taken in Tuscany last Monday.
This bird in italian is called Sgarza Ciuffetto (I didn't find the english name) and his status is vulnerable. This species is present mainly in summer in the Mediterranean region.

40D 300 2,8 + 2TC
f 8,0 1/2500
ISO 400
WH-200 + RRS Versa

Thanks for viewing.
C&C are very welcome.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on June 2, 2010 at 1:09 PM

Beautiful shot, Monica

I like the composition very much. Very good details.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on June 2, 2010 at 2:24 PM

Great shot, with perfect details!

Congrats
D&L

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 2, 2010 at 4:42 PM

I like the comp and light..the bird looks a bit on the soft side, maybe a bit more sharpening would help?

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 2, 2010 at 9:43 PM

Very elegant, Monica. There seems to be a fair amount of noise in the body of the bird, perhaps from sharpening. I really like the pose.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 2, 2010 at 10:09 PM

Very nice pose and good details Monika..Hope you like the new gear, should help a lot.
Happy Shooting

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 2, 2010 at 11:40 PM

Hi Monica,
Cool looking bird and good job of catching him on a clean perch. This must be either a large crop or the bird was under exposed as there is very little detail in the feathers and lots of noise. It much more obvious in the large image. I would expect a cleaner image with the equipment you are using and shot at ISO-400. Sometime it helps to explain under what conditions you were shooting in to help with a more detailed critique.
Thanks for posting,
Ronnie G.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 3, 2010 at 8:31 AM

Very well done. Love the pose and the background.
May

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on June 3, 2010 at 3:20 PM

Thanks to all for the comments. I think it's time for a longer lens.

I cropped 50% of original raw and applied usual sharpening.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on June 6, 2010 at 3:52 PM

Very attractive bird, Monica. I can see the noise previously mentioned and there is some lack of feather detail. However, the eye looks nice and sharp. The noise doesn't bother me....and maybe the feathers visible for this bird are just very fine. I went searching for the English name. Looks like it is called a "Squacco Heron" ....funny name....Apparently there are many names for this bird:
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/squacco.htm .

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments