Gray Catbird + repost

Gallery: AvianPosted May 28, 201274 views12 comments

Another shot of one of the catbirds near my back porch.. I did lighten up his rusty feathers under the tail. this was taken at the end of the day, almost dark,, so I upped the iso.

shot with nikon d700 and 70-200mm2.8 with teleconverter on tripod

400mm, 1/200th at 5.6, iso 1000

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 28, 2012 at 8:36 AM

I really like the head turn & upward gaze here Sally, nice.
Great setting with all the different shades of green, sharp details & very well composed

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 28, 2012 at 9:18 AM

I agree with Howard Sally. I like the head turn and the background works well setting off the subject. A very nice composition of a subject that not often well seen.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 28, 2012 at 9:45 AM

Sally: Nice image of the bird. Pose and comp look fine to me. The noise on the background is pretty evident at ISO 1000. Some selective NR would improve the image.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM

Nice pose; good work getting it in such an open position and in a nice setting.

I'd go slightly darker on the catbird for a more natural look - this seems a bit bright as presented.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 28, 2012 at 1:42 PM

Sally, you are getting a seriously nice collection of catbird images. I agree with the previous suggestions, but this is great.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 28, 2012 at 2:32 PM

Thanks for comments and suggestions everyone........... I have darked him up a bit, sharpened and tried to reduce noise in this repost image.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 28, 2012 at 7:53 PM

Sweet portrait of this handsome bird Sally

I think the repost is better, but it looks like you may have lost a bit of feather detail in the new version.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM

Very nice Sally. I like that you can see the rusty patch under the tail.
May

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Comment posted by Verdon on May 29, 2012 at 7:45 PM

great shot and detail , he gave you veeery sweet pose.....!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 29, 2012 at 9:44 PM

Very nice and proud looking pose. I like the habitat you've included.

Ray

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 31, 2012 at 6:36 PM

The tones of the repost are more natural and improve the image IMO. When using noise reduction it is generally best to do that selectively on the background to avoid taking out detail on the subject. Duplicate the layer, select the subject, invert the selection, and then apply NR.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 31, 2012 at 10:20 PM

Nits and processing have been covered but this is a nice view of this species out in the open Sally, well done

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