Rock Painting

Gallery: AvianPosted June 17, 2011277 views19 comments

Painted Bunting, late evening.
F/7.1, 1/160th, ISO 640, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x around 7:30pm on 05-17-2011, No flash. About 65% of the original.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Keith A Anderson on June 17, 2011 at 12:07 PM

Very pretty, Howard. I generally don't like straight on facial views but the colors here are wonderful.

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Comment posted by Verdon on June 17, 2011 at 12:17 PM

awesome Howard!!!

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 17, 2011 at 3:13 PM

What a gorgeous bird. Wonderful presentation.
May

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM

I love the colors on his back and I like the rock perch. I think ideally there would be a little more light on his face but the sun was coming from the other direction, some fill flash might have helped with that.

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Comment posted by Phillip Tomkinson on June 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM

Hi very nice but I think it needed a bit of fill flash.

Phil.

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Comment posted by Ron Huff on June 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM

Beautiful bird and one really awesome photograph.

Ron Huff

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 17, 2011 at 4:28 PM

Very nice light in this one, Howard. It's tough not to oversaturate these and you did a fine job on this one.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on June 17, 2011 at 5:30 PM

Beautiful bird- Nice pose, excellent detail and great colours on this one- My best congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 17, 2011 at 6:03 PM

Beautiful image, Howard. I love seeing the red in both eye here. The light on the softer yellow back is just perfect.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on June 17, 2011 at 8:44 PM

You caught him in a nice pose and on a great perch!

Nice job!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 17, 2011 at 9:49 PM

Wonderful colors against the soft green background, love the pose.
Ray

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 18, 2011 at 4:34 AM

What beautiful colours and great job on the exposure Howard, I really like the stone perch too :^)

I'd be tempted to brighten up the eyes - primarily the subject's left eye - but not sure if there's anything more you could bring out of it.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 18, 2011 at 5:18 PM

Nice Howard. The head on view of the head is different and there is enough eye for me. Very natural looking colors.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 18, 2011 at 8:55 PM

Lucky you to see one of these. I havn't yet and this is a great shot. Love the head turn , great colors and detail and your title as well.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 18, 2011 at 11:45 PM

Only wish a slightly different head angle Howard, but overall, the image rocks! Love the colors...fantastic job on them!

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Comment posted by David Sparks on June 19, 2011 at 4:14 PM

A rainbow bird - you did a great job with the colors. Nice detail too. A striking image.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 20, 2011 at 11:12 AM

I like the light on this. Looks like this bird isn't quite in full adult plumage. Always nice to see the amazing mix of colors on this species.

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Comment posted by Jeff Wiles on June 21, 2011 at 8:17 AM

Hey..yon painted bunting on the rock, I applaud this portrait! Subdued lighting really saturates the colors very nicely. Sharp crisp composition is to my liking.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM

Excellent shot Howard, I have never seen one of these, amazing colors with good detail on the larger version and the background really compliments the image, way to go.

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