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A Bit Ruffled + Repost
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A Bit Ruffled + Repost

by Sally Wood

Gallery: AvianPosted April 2, 2012130 views9 comments
Oriole on a windy day... taken hand held with nikon d700 70-200mm 2.8 at 200 mm. iso 200, 1/160th at 6/3.

last of my Oriole shots from last year.

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 2, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Beautiful, Sally. Do you have a bit more room on the bottom for the invisible tail?

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on April 2, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Good shot, agree about lack of tail. May not have been possible. Colors look very good as does sharpness. Nice job of keeping detail in the black areas. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 2, 2012 at 9:02 PM
Nice and sharp, great colors and exposure with some good details retained in the blacks Sally.
Like the soft complimentary BG colors too, well done :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 2, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Great light and background, Sally, and nice, sharp eye.
Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments
Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 2, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Nice detail in the bird. The background is soft and complimentary. The composition feels like it needs more room at the bottom and much less room at the top. The bottom is obviously a bit tough at this point.
Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 2, 2012 at 10:52 PM
Hi Sally. Wow, love the way you captured the orange on this bird. I agree with Keith's compositional suggestion - perhaps a horizontal format? I may be all wrong here, just speculating, but I wonder if you could have taken this at f2.8. With this short focal length I believe you would still have lots of dof for the bird. I think the background, while still very smooth here, would benefit a little and the extra shutter speed never hurts.
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 3, 2012 at 1:00 AM
Nice exposure to keep detail in the blacks - tough to do!
Good exposure and pose.
Really tight on the bottom, but you likely had no choice.
Fine image!
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Sally Wood on April 4, 2012 at 7:03 PM
Reposting with a slightly different crop. Sorry to say I did not have anymore room below or to the right to extend the image. I know I can add more canvas but not quite sure how to do that via PS. thanks everyone for our feedback, very helpful!
Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 4, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Very nice job on the exposure Sally, I like the comp better in your repost, it's a small change but I think it makes a significant difference :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments