Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Gallery: AvianPosted June 22, 2013101 views3 comments

5-18-13 Taken at Institute Woods Preserve in Princeton, NJ
On a very dark morning when I was unable to find anything to photograph since all the birds were at the top of tall trees, this fellow was kind enough to perch on a lower branch and posed for a while. Unfortunately I was shoot steeply and when I tried to back up to get a lower angle, he was obscured by intervening branches.

D800 Nikkor 600mm ISO 1250 1/1600 f/8 Better Beamer on 910 flash shot from a tripod and Wimberley Gimbal White Balance Auto

Processed in CS6, Lightroom and NIK

Comments welcome

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on June 23, 2013 at 6:41 AM

A good capture in these circumstances Patrick, flash effect is apparent and whites are darkish but capture is sharp and BG is nice.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM

Whites are a little bit hot; maybe selective lowering the exposure in that area only would help. These are difficult birds to expose well with the blocks of red, white, and black. It is a beautiful grosbeak and I like the little puffed out wing. Sharon

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on June 24, 2013 at 11:57 AM

Patrick, very nice grosbeak well captured. The whites look fine on my screen (iPad).

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