Dickcissel Singing

Gallery: AvianPosted July 19, 2010103 views12 comments

Not the most attractice perch, but I liked the singing pose and sharpness. I never really paid much attention to sparrows and other field species until this spring after the warblers moved north. I had no idea how many birds live out in the middle of fields.

Canon 1D Mk3
600mm f/4 with 1.4x TC
ISO 400, -1/3 comp (eval), 1/800 @ f/10

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on July 19, 2010 at 10:41 PM

Wonderful capture, Bryan. Can't get much sharper than that; background color is supreme and works really well with the colors of the bird. The only negative would be the perch, but there really isn't much you can do about that.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 19, 2010 at 10:45 PM

The perch at least adds a splash of color - there are much worse perches out there.

The detail is impressive and the open beak is icing on the cake.

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on July 20, 2010 at 2:11 AM

Exellent!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 20, 2010 at 2:19 AM

Fine singing pose. The perch color unabashedly says "man made", but is a rather nice contrast to the rest of the image. Sounds like you discovered a whole new aspect to avian photography right under your nose, so to speak. Wish we had this species!

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on July 20, 2010 at 3:59 AM

Nice shot, Bryan ! I like it.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 20, 2010 at 6:29 AM

Love the singing pose, fine dteails & sharpness. I don't have a problem with the perch, I think the bright blue adds a touch of whimsy to the image.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on July 20, 2010 at 11:57 AM

ah, Bryan, I think I would be very tempted to modify the color of the perch. Easily doable in PS.

Detail is lovely.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Bryan Hix on July 20, 2010 at 1:40 PM

"ah, Bryan, I think I would be very tempted to modify the color of the perch. Easily doable in PS." -Carol

Thanks Carol. Suggestion?

Registered on June 13, 2008, 117 Posts, 755 Comments

Comment posted by Roy Bailey on July 20, 2010 at 2:53 PM

You cant hide the perch so I would just go with it, as I think its more of a problem just showinhg such a little part of it. Bird itself realy is excellent.

Registered on November 16, 2008, 24 Posts, 486 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on July 20, 2010 at 5:24 PM

Bryan:
Great singing pose. Detail and color of the Dickcissel are terrific.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 21, 2010 at 12:55 PM

Wonderful detail and colors, always nice to see a bird singing away, the larger version was a pleasure to view.

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 23, 2010 at 9:57 AM

Very nice Brian.
May

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