Western Kingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted August 16, 2012118 views4 comments

This is the perch I see Kingbirds on at least half the time. This one was kind enough to pose for me. All comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 40D
Tokina 80-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/640
Aperture f13
ISO 400
400mm
Cropped to 80% of original
Slight color correction in PSE9

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on August 16, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Nice colors! Good catchlight, too, and the light looks well captured.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 16, 2012 at 8:59 PM

Beautiful bg that really works well with the Kingbird. I might crop it just a bit tighter, if the image quality is adequate.

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Comment posted by Lennart Augustsson on August 17, 2012 at 3:40 AM

Very nice BG that suits the bird. Fine to have a little glimpse of light in the eye.If you have enough pixels you could try to crop a little bit more.

Registered on July 29, 2011, 21 Posts, 137 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on August 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Nice colors and subject. A tighter crop might work, should the original allow for this IMHO. Cheers. Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments