Brown Thrasher

Gallery: AvianPosted August 28, 2012235 views4 comments

Olympus E5, ZD300 2.8, 1.4xTC, ISO400, f4.0, 1/800 Monopod

This bird has always been a nemesis for me. Stumbled onto this one at our local Giant Springs State Park this morning while looking for warblers. It was a bit dark where it was, but I was happy to get some fairly open shots of it. Little bit of a crop here, but still about 65% of the original frame.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on August 29, 2012 at 8:53 AM

I would crop this so that the bird is in the lower left side of the frame. Also, looks a little oversharpened to me. I like the berries, and it looks like the bird gave you a good pose. Nice and sharp too, I would just back off a touch.

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on August 29, 2012 at 9:52 AM

Nice job catching this bird. In my neck of the woods these birds seem to always hide when the camera is around.

Good eye contact and head turn. I agree with Charlie about the crop.
Sharpening seems okay to me, but I do tend to over sharpen my images also.

Nicely done.

Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 29, 2012 at 11:08 AM

Dave,
Nice capture, I like the natural setting around the subject and the separation from the far BG is outstanding. The bird is not the only point of interest here and the way it's presented works very well IMO.
I notice your ID text is unreadable as presented.

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on August 29, 2012 at 8:49 PM

Great image Dave. Love the berries.
May

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