Blue Grosbeak F

Gallery: AvianPosted February 4, 201182 views9 comments

From this past fall.(I'm so sick of snow and ice right now!) I like the subtle blues in the female, as compared to the male and together I think they compliment each other very nicely.

50d, 500mm, Iso 100, F 5.6, 1/320 LARGER version also posted.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 4, 2011 at 4:04 PM

Sharon, nice light on this bird. I like the perch and the BG. This is a bit tight for my taste and it seems this is a pretty big crop given the loss of some detail noticable around the face. It would be my inclination to pull back on this and give the bird some more room. I think overall the IQ would improve on this nice shot.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 4, 2011 at 5:37 PM

Sharon,

I agree with Ron B on the crop suggestion. I like the bird's pose, light in the eye, the head angle and I especially like the background colors. The light on the bird is very appealing too

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Comment posted by May Haga on February 4, 2011 at 5:48 PM

Beautiful setting, nicely captured.
May

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 5, 2011 at 1:00 AM

Lovely light and complementary background Sharon - possibly a tad more room?

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 5, 2011 at 2:18 AM

Nice pose, perch and BG!
Some loss of detail in the larger version, so it may not be able to handle this big of a crop.
Nice, nontheless!
sandy

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 5, 2011 at 10:44 AM

Nice picture and composition. I like it as posted.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on February 5, 2011 at 5:19 PM

WOW Sharon,
What a stellar background. You could not have watercolored a more complimentary background than this. I could go either way on the crop. I do like it as is but it might be better with just a tad more room. Lovely image Sharon.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 6, 2011 at 3:14 AM

Looks wonderful as posted Sharon. The composition did not initially strike me as too tight in the frame, still doesn't. Nice job!!!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 6, 2011 at 10:41 AM

Nice light and details Sharon, the BG compliments well.
Like the comp as is, she's a real looker alright

Well done

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