Summer Tanager @ Sunset

Gallery: AvianPosted May 6, 2011198 views20 comments

A closeup of the First Year Spring Summer Tanager I posted last week.
F/8, 1/200th, ISO 640, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x with natural sunset light around 7:00pm.
I was very close, near my inside focusing range. I had two options here, a square or 8:10 format. Cropped at both ends only..

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 6, 2011 at 9:11 AM

Never seen one of these - the detail and colors are gorgeous and the green background makes it pop. You must have been quite pleased with this.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM

Terrific look at this interesting plumage. Techs are spot-on. I'd personally prefer a little more room and would like to see a verwsion with a bit of the ends from the crop restored.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 6, 2011 at 10:40 AM

Nicely handled exposure between dark and light orange. Tight but sharp crop. Interesting bird. Are these rare?

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 6, 2011 at 11:12 AM

Gorgeous, Howard. The light really makes this Tanager glow.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on May 6, 2011 at 11:31 AM

A bit tight for me, but what a shot of a beautiful bird.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 6, 2011 at 11:59 AM

This is an 8 x 10 for the uptight crowd

I went with the square to avoid cloning branches out in that extra space..Guess I'm just lazy that way

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 6, 2011 at 12:09 PM

Really nice, Howard, especially the re-post. You handled the reddish-range wonderfully, and the detail is terrific. A trace more DOF would have been nice, to pull the right toes into focus, but looks like you were running out of room.

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Comment posted by Ron Huff on May 6, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Just a awesome image Howard. What a beautiful bird. Great detail, exposure and DOF- really stands out.

Ron Huff

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on May 6, 2011 at 2:32 PM

Very nice clean shot with nothing distracting. I've not managed capturing an image as nice as this one. I like the diagonal angle of the perch. The Tanager is very sharp. Nice job.

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Comment posted by David E Lester on May 6, 2011 at 5:32 PM

Great photo, other than adding a little more room, I love everthing about it!!

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on May 6, 2011 at 7:53 PM

Just a fantastic image of this beautiful bird. Couldn't say a thing as critique cause I'd love to have all my shots come out this good.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 6, 2011 at 7:58 PM

Lovely bird, wonderful colors and great detail. Nicely captured Howard.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 6, 2011 at 7:59 PM

Wonderful light, colors and detail, Howard.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on May 6, 2011 at 9:55 PM

Gorgeous, Howard. Beautiful colors in the bird. Nice complimentary background really sets off the bird. And that eye...so crystal clear. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on May 7, 2011 at 2:40 AM

Fantastic colours Howard, although I'm afraid I fall in with the "up-tight" crowd ;^) I think I'd much prefer the landscape format creating more space around the subject and with those time-consuming branches cloned out. Nevertheless, the subject is wonderfully detailed and a pleasure to behold :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on May 7, 2011 at 6:55 PM

The repost is my fav. That little bit of extra room allows me to stand back and take the bird in comfortably. Great work on detail and color, and I like the simple bg here, Howard.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 7, 2011 at 7:40 PM

Beautiful almost full frme shot. Aren't they so pretty? Our migrants were few and far between this year... very dissapointing.

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 8, 2011 at 8:48 AM

Wow, neat image Howard.
May

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Comment posted by Cory Freeman on May 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM

excellent capture!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 9, 2011 at 2:18 PM

Wow, beautiful colors and detail on the larger version, wonderful job handling the bright colors, it would of been nice to have a little more room top and bottom for me but but a minor item overall, this is an excellent shot, way to go.

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