Cedar Waxwing

Gallery: AvianPosted March 7, 2011134 views10 comments

From mid July, even though it was 5:00 in the afternoon it was about 100 degrees.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH from car
f/6.7
1/1000s
ISO 1000
-.67 EC

Cropped to 82%, minor clone on LRS, sharpened subject with smart sharpen and USM, noise reduction on background, minor levels adjustment, all in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by wade pettitt on March 7, 2011 at 8:23 PM

Luke, this is nice. I like the horizontal branch and vertical position of the bird. Well done!!

Registered on May 6, 2009, 184 Posts, 471 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Marquart on March 7, 2011 at 9:02 PM

Nice one Luke, even with the harsh lighting. Stands out nicely against the dark shaded background.

Registered on October 24, 2009, 126 Posts, 799 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on March 7, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Luke, I agree that the light looks less than ideal but you got a perfect head turn for the pose, sharpness looks good and I like the dark background in this situation. Comp works well too.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on March 7, 2011 at 9:21 PM

I think the lighting on this works nicely with the dark bg. Great look at this sleek bird. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 7, 2011 at 9:42 PM

Nice job in some very tough light, Luke. You did a good job keeping detail in the whites. I love that curving perch and the nice background. We do not see waxwings around here very often. I would love to have this in my files.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on March 7, 2011 at 9:57 PM

Good job in a tricky lighting situation. You did a great job getting iso 1000 to look this good.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 8, 2011 at 6:30 AM

Like the starkness and simplicity Luke - good job in less than ideal conditions

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by antino cervigni on March 8, 2011 at 2:19 PM

Very nice. Best regards Antino

Registered on April 17, 2010, 70 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 8, 2011 at 7:36 PM

I wish we had such low temps here in July!

Nice graphic composition.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 9, 2011 at 8:50 AM

I like the diagonal twig and he's giving you nice eye contact. You might increase the mid-tone contrast some and camouflage the harsh light a bit.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments