Wet Blackbird +repost

Gallery: AvianPosted January 2, 2012117 views17 comments

Anothing boring pool shot

Even dullish birds can beat the exotic ones at times for variety of suble colour.
D7000 Sigma 100-300mm
800 ISO 125th sec @f 7.1
Contrast and sharpening down in camera.
ev down 1
Crop from horizontal.
Chers
JohnR

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 2, 2012 at 5:42 PM

I like the head turn John. All the colors work well together.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 2, 2012 at 5:51 PM

Thanks Ron.
Appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Cheers
JohnR

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 2, 2012 at 6:41 PM

I agree with Ron on the colors and I like the low angle you employed. Far from a boring image John, I think this works quite well.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 2, 2012 at 6:47 PM

Thanks Charles.
When I say "boring " I suppose its because there is so much exotic stuff around that these sort of pics look mundane. I can't travel and don't get around that much so I suppose I find them a bit "samey"
When you,ve sat in pool hides for over 40 years you get the sense that theres not much else going to show up . !!!
Hence the "boring " .
glad you like it anyway.
Cheers
JohnR

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 2, 2012 at 8:02 PM

a nice pose and comp, John. I would definitely do some noise reduction on the background. might try a bit more sharpening on the head. nothing wrong with seeing and showing the common birds.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 2, 2012 at 8:13 PM

In agree Brian- the D7000 is not that good in dark conditions at 800 ISO in spite of what the reviews say. Also, dropping the sharpness in camera to lessen the noise efect does give a softer image. I do tend to treat my pics as natural history records rather than photos so I must get around to some more processing !!- for this site anyway

Thanks
JohnR

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 2, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Here's one with as suggested, noise reduction and sharpening. See what you think.
Cheers
JR

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on January 2, 2012 at 11:11 PM

John, You are a master with these (what I call) fall colors. Just beautiful and fun. I do so enjoy your posts. As far as the repost, I kind of like the first. Maybe something in the middle of the two.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on January 3, 2012 at 4:47 AM

Beautiful warm colors and detail.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 3, 2012 at 6:46 AM

I like it! Frankly sometimes I get really bored by all the exotic stuff...it is so popular it has become cliche in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 3, 2012 at 9:43 AM

I like it John, do like the repost a tad better as well.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 3, 2012 at 12:21 PM

Super sweet image John Great habitat/behavioral shot. I like the color palette too.

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Comment posted by Hali Sowle on January 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM

Really like the subtleties of this shot, the warm colors and the nice detail and the pose. I like the repost but maybe a little less sharpening on the head of the bird would be to my tastes

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 4, 2012 at 4:50 PM

I also like the head angle on this John. Nice low angle and good detail.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 4, 2012 at 6:55 PM

Thanks all- really pleased with my D7000- especially in dark conditions like this one.
Cheers
JohnR

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on January 7, 2012 at 11:24 AM

Excellent pose, love the colors. Nice work,

Ray

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM

Great head nod and I really like the complimentary color scheme John.
I agree, all the subtle shades of color make this an attractive image.
Well done

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