Great Kiskadee w/Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted February 4, 2012139 views11 comments

Late afternoon sun above Papagayo Bay, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Cloned a small OOF flower bud just right of the bird and the usual sharpening drill in CS5.

D3s
500mm f/4
TC-14II E
1/200s @ f/5.6
ISO 800
-1/3EV
Gitzo w/Wimberley II

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on February 4, 2012 at 11:54 PM

Very nice image Chuck. Looks like the bird is sitting just outside my window. Great pose and excellent detail on this bird. And a beautiful habitat shot to boot.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 5, 2012 at 7:58 AM

Very nice bird, Charles. Great pose and beautiful colors.
Mauro

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 5, 2012 at 8:25 AM

I like this image, the pose, sharpness and color. Also like the setting you caught the bird in, but and it might be my monitor it seems to me the contrast is a bit low. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on February 5, 2012 at 8:48 AM

Great pose on this one and a neat perch. Maybe a little NR on bg?

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 5, 2012 at 4:31 PM

Neat bird - I keep waiting for one to drift over to AZ from TX.

A lush setting and soft light. I don't see any need for NR in either image.

I'd warm this up some, though. The whites of the crown and throat have a lot of blue (use the eyedropper tool and the info palette in PS to read the RGB values).

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on February 5, 2012 at 5:09 PM

Rich-used the eyedropper on the mask-any better?

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 5, 2012 at 7:12 PM

Yes - the repost looks better to my eye with the blue cast eliminated.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 5, 2012 at 11:32 PM

I'm jealous, as I still don't have a good kiskadee image despite 3 trips to South Texas. Good pose with lots of detail and contact with the eye. I like the habitat that you have included here. Colors in the repost are spot on.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on February 6, 2012 at 12:27 AM

Charles,
Those colors really pop. Very nice perch and a pleasing background that compliments the bird well. Nice head turn and control of your whites. Great job!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 6, 2012 at 11:08 AM

Hi Charles

The detail and color of the bird , and the natural habitat look great, the repost is even better

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 8, 2012 at 11:56 AM

Interesting looking bird and I like the repost better also, nice job in getting this, well done.

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