Nest Builder

Gallery: AvianPosted April 21, 2013187 views5 comments

I caught this female red-wigned blackbird with some nesting material alongside the boardwalk at Green Cay wetlands. The bird quickly fled from this branch into its well camouflaged nest.

Nikon D7100 + 300mm f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/6.7
1/250s
ISO 1000

Photographed using the 1.3X "cropped mode" which means it was an effective 1000mm focal length. Cropped chunks off the sides for a more square comp

Processed in LR4 and CS5 - no noise reduction

- Luke

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 21, 2013 at 10:34 PM

Nice one, Luke. I like the setting and the alert pose.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on April 22, 2013 at 3:56 AM

Nicely composed Luke. The twig splits the frame well and and the bird has a good alert pose with (for me) the grasses in the bird's bill providing the focal point of the image

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 22, 2013 at 11:35 AM

Very nice frame. Love the behavioral aspect of the image. Great background!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 22, 2013 at 1:49 PM

Love the nesting material, perch, and BG. Do wish the birds feet and legs were sharper, but still a great shot.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 22, 2013 at 8:15 PM

Great behavioral shot Luke! I like your comp, and the full frontal POV.
Nice & sharp where it matters, complimentary BG..
Hard to believe no NR @ ISO 1000. There's a small amount of grain visible in the LP, but very minimal..
Well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments