Eastern Kingbird + repost

Gallery: AvianPosted August 23, 2012102 views10 comments

This image was taken in one of our local parks this morning.

I was pleased with the background and the action.

Nikon D300s, 300 2.8 lens with a 1.4 teleconverter. F7.1, 1.1000

Thanks for looking and critiques appreciated.

May

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 23, 2012 at 9:58 PM

Love it - unusual and nice pose, great leafy perch and really lovely BG.
New monitor here, but it looks as if it might be a tad over-sharpened.
Nice!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 23, 2012 at 10:37 PM

Nice, May. The bird is nice and sharp and I do like the action. Super background.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on August 23, 2012 at 11:13 PM

Beautiful, May. I like the pose and a great natural perch. I agree with Sandy that it looks a small amount oversharpened to my eye. Also, I wiould bring the overall brightness of the whole photo down a little.

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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on August 24, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Lovely background, and I like the perch a lot. Great pose, too.

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Comment posted by May Haga on August 24, 2012 at 1:42 PM

Thanks to Charlie and Sandie for their suggestions regarding the sharpening. I reprocessed this image reducing the brightness and then prepared it for the web. Is this better?
May

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on August 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM

A lovely artistic image with excellent color. Very good composition.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 25, 2012 at 12:58 AM

Sweet Capture May

I do like the re-worked version better. Nice details, great stop action pose.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 25, 2012 at 6:51 AM

Lovely shot Sandy - the original looks OK to me. Maybe a little more on the bottom and a little off the top?????

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 25, 2012 at 8:12 PM

Lovely light and setting/pose. I too might suggest a little more room at the bottom and right. These birds always look so elegant. Nice job!

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Comment posted by Karon Welter on August 25, 2012 at 11:21 PM

This is really beautiful. Love the background colors, feather detail, pose!

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