Verdin

Gallery: AvianPosted September 28, 2010148 views13 comments

Verdin

Canon EF 500mm f4L IS, Canon EF 2x II tc, Canon EOS 1D MkII camera, ISO 400, 1/200 sec at f 22, -.3 ec, tripod, 60% of full frame.

These little guys always remind me of little clowns. They are always on the move and are always like little acrobats, sometimes hanging upside down. I was lucky to catch this one standing still for a change. I had stopped the lens down to hopefully get the tail in acceptable focus, too. I just barely caught it.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 29, 2010 at 12:12 AM

Wow, you really had to pull out all the stops (pun intended) to get the entire body in focus, I rarely go to f22. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

I like the looks of this species, love the yellow face. To my eye some of the plumage looks slightly coarse on the larger view, like you oversharpened possibly.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 29, 2010 at 1:06 AM

Very nice image. Good work getting this bird to remain still for any image.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 29, 2010 at 7:58 AM

Superb portrait, love the composition and pose here with the beak just every so slightly open!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 29, 2010 at 8:15 AM

Very nice Tom. Great DOF and nice detail and sharpness.

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on September 29, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Excellent in every way. Love the sharpness throughout, angled perch and catchlight. Really really nice!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 29, 2010 at 10:43 AM

This is an excellent image Tom. The detail is just superb and I like the background colors with the face of the Verdin. f/22 - wow!

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on September 29, 2010 at 2:25 PM

Tom, very nice detail and colouration. Good work!!

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 29, 2010 at 5:56 PM

Excellent capture Tom.
May

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 29, 2010 at 10:19 PM

Really nice image. The larger version shows some great detail, especially around the head area. Must have been some pretty intense light to still be at 1/200 at f22. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 30, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Tom,
great detail, pose and colors. Brilliantly done.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 1, 2010 at 1:05 AM

Good job in getting everything in focus, you do not see f22 used very often in bird photography. I really like these birds, I see them all the time in the desert behind our place but getting a decent image of them is something else. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 2, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Bravo Tom, f22 did the job! This is a very beautiful, technically excellent image. Verdins are just so cute

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on October 3, 2010 at 7:13 PM

Good pose and head-turn Tom.

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