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Black Phoebe
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Black Phoebe

by Patrick O'Healy

Gallery: AvianPosted January 3, 201399 views5 comments
1/1/13 Huntington Beach Central Park, California
After shooting all morning at the nearby lake under cloudy low light conditions, we walked across the park to the gardens, and I snapped a few shots of this Black Phoebe never thinking that the image would be something I would use. Upon processing it emerged as the candidate for one of the best photos of the day.

Nikon D800 Nikkor 200-400mm 280mm f/6.3 1/800 ISO 360 white balance auto RAW Manual Tripod and Wimberley Gimbal Processed and cropped in CS6

Comments welcome

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 3, 2013 at 10:22 PM
Lovely subdued colours Patrick
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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on January 3, 2013 at 10:24 PM
It is a work of art Patrick ! I like the simplicity of the scene and the coloring. Simply beautiful ! :jump: :toast: :jump:
Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments
Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 3, 2013 at 11:26 PM
Simple and effective, indeed! Nicely done.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Beautiful, Patrick. I like the angle of the branches.

:toast:
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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 5, 2013 at 11:27 AM
The detail on the bird is quite lovely!
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