Birds Eye View

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted July 22, 2011119 views10 comments

Checkered Setwing DF and female Painted Bunting.
These two were actually in the same frame on one occasion, but I missed the chance. So I've pasted in the DF were it should've been an instant earlier. I would wish for the bird to be looking upwards, but this closely imitates the shot I missed..

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 22, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Looks as if the remaining life of the DF is barely seconds..
Since this is PA, I wouldn't hesitate to adjust the catchlight in the eye of the bird to make it seem as if he is eyeing the DF.
Bird and DF both sharp - nice image! The DF image looks good enough to stand on it's own, too.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on July 22, 2011 at 8:30 PM

Very nice, Howard. I'm fine with it as posted. Images of both bird and DF are sharp, detailed and colorful. Great bg. Fine paste job too.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on July 22, 2011 at 11:16 PM

Nice. But, if you pasted in the Dragon Fly, you might have just as well rotated the bird frame and cropped so that the bird was looking up. Neat anyway you present it.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 23, 2011 at 6:31 AM

Youssef,

You would have to explain to me how I would accomplish what you suggest.

In the original frame, the bird is in the extreme RT corner as you see it here. A rotation would not work in this case..

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 23, 2011 at 5:10 PM

ORIGINAL without the dragonfly. Unprocessed and cropped to 3000x2000. I had two frames with the same BG & light, making it easier to accomplish this.
And as I said, this duplicated very closely the shot I missed. The bird was actually on the small branch as the DF when it attempted to land in front of it..
I considered leaving the small branch in to give the bird a "virtual" perch, but took it out. What do you think?

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on July 23, 2011 at 11:09 PM

Looks like he is eyeing up his next meal. Very cool.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on July 23, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Nice composite. It's cool that you were able to reconstruct the scene that you missed. I especially like the sharpness and detail in the DF.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 24, 2011 at 7:33 PM

I like this. The df is sharp, detailed and looks to be in danger. It would add something if the bird was looking at the df or looking more aggressive but this is a really nice combination. BG is nicely blurred and complimentary.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 2, 2011 at 9:38 PM

I know the DF can't swivel its eyes, but it almost looks like it's doing a double-take here. Why does the DF only have 4 legs

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 3, 2011 at 6:28 AM

Hi Tony,
If you look closely, you'll see the DF has its two front legs folded up near the head, in front of the thorax..
Will have to send ya back to DF school

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