Diamond Dove

Gallery: AvianPosted February 26, 201181 views13 comments

Diamond Dove photographed at Bowra, western Queensland. Went for fairly tight framing to minimise the ugly tangle of shadowy sticks the bird was perched on.

Canon 7D, EF500 f/4 + 1.4x, tripod, qwick camo, ISO 400, f/8, 1/1000. Large crop: 23% of full frame.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by dan elster on February 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM

Razor sharp and I like how the backround somewhat matches the birds plumage. Nic looking dove.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 26, 2011 at 3:55 PM

Beautiful light Simon, lovely pose, view of the eye and the background colors are perfection. Your techs look great as always, sharpness & plenty of detail.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 26, 2011 at 4:09 PM

Beautiful details and light on this, and awesome smooth background- Thanks for sharing, Fabio

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 26, 2011 at 5:36 PM

Perfect complimentary background for this bird. Wouldn't have guessed only 23% of original.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 26, 2011 at 6:45 PM

I never would have guessed the massive crop - IQ in the large image is excellent. I love the brown tones in this.

I never paid a lot of attention to doves when I only had to contend with one species (Mourning Dove) in New Jersey, but since moving to the desert southwest I've been paying more attention to all the dove species and have developed a fondness for them.

This is really interesting species that I'd not heard of until your post. I love the orbital ring color with the red iris.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on February 26, 2011 at 6:52 PM

What the others have said, and it's quite a beautiful Dove!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 26, 2011 at 7:56 PM

A beautiful dove species Simon and I agree that the IQ here is amazing for the crop size. Really like the background fading from brown to blue in the corner.

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on February 26, 2011 at 8:34 PM

Simon excellent detail and wonderful light. I love the background colors as they compliment this bird very well. Well done.

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on February 26, 2011 at 8:41 PM

Hi Simon... I agree with other comments - beautiful detail and light. I also like the varied background colors.

Registered on February 26, 2011, 58 Posts, 313 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 26, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Hi Simon

The detail is very good considering the huge crop. The color ,B.G. and composition are splendid. this is one beautiful dove

Albert Darmo Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 27, 2011 at 5:05 AM

Nice one Simon. background complements it perfectly. Great image quality.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 28, 2011 at 4:23 AM

A stunning shot Simon. Love the eye ring and overall light. Super BG. Could not be better IMO.

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on February 28, 2011 at 9:45 AM

sweet looking bird and sweet image love the eye

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