Dark-eyed Junco

Gallery: AvianPosted January 30, 2014121 views10 comments

Number umpteesquat. Another image from last Saturday. I had lots of other shots with what I considered better poses of the Juncos, but I really liked the way this pose worked with the perch. I only got this one frame with a bird perched in this particular location. This is a new crossbar that I hang feeders from (an old Garry Oak branch picked up from a local riparian area).

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow head mounted to blind window, f8, 1/1000, iso 1250, Av mode with -1/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 and CS6. Full frame.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 30, 2014 at 10:03 PM

I really like the comp and color palette of this Dennis. The way the branch curls up on the left side really works well for me. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on January 30, 2014 at 10:05 PM

Its often difficult to get a good look at a black eye coming from a black face -- you did good to give me that look

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 31, 2014 at 5:25 AM

Cool perch that provides for an interesting comp Dennis, I like it.
The darker head's well exposed, nice details

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 31, 2014 at 10:10 AM

Nice perch and comp. Good exposure to get details in the black face and eye. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 31, 2014 at 12:33 PM

Bird is framed very nicely by your interesting perch. I like the frosty look on it. Sharon

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 1, 2014 at 12:33 AM

Nice shot of this little bird and the lichen/mossy perch is very nice.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 1, 2014 at 1:48 AM

Nice composition and perch.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 1, 2014 at 9:20 AM

I am really liking your Junco series Dennis, great mossy perch.

Ray

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 1, 2014 at 11:02 PM

sweet light, nice perch, and good details, Dennis.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 2, 2014 at 3:11 PM

A very nice, sharp image of the junco Dennis. I find the bg a bit bright so I would either try to bring it down or perhaps put the bird higher in the frame.

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