Common Redpoll

Gallery: AvianPosted February 17, 2014240 views17 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4, tripod
f9, 1/80, ISO1000

Still not a lot of light, but it's coming. Not a lot to photograph besides redpolls, so here a male photographed earlier this morning.

60% of full frame; selective sharpening to bird.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on February 17, 2014 at 8:08 AM

Hello Jim

Very nice capture. Love the snow cupped in the spruce needles. Clean beautiful background too!

Well done..:)

Bill

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on February 17, 2014 at 5:08 PM

Beautiful image, Jim! Very nice pose and perch.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on February 17, 2014 at 5:21 PM

The Redpoll may be common, but the image is not. It has a bit of pastel look which I think is wonderful. The bird also has a dreamy (lost in thought) look which accentuates the rest of the image. Thanks for posting it.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on February 17, 2014 at 6:25 PM

Very beautiful, cute bird with nice pose...

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 17, 2014 at 7:37 PM

Beautiful winter image with the snow and evergreen perch

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 17, 2014 at 9:07 PM

Definitely a nice winter feel to this. Its been 25 or more years since I've seen one.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 18, 2014 at 3:31 AM

Jim: Very nice pose and perch for this guy. I like the diagonal perch and the snow. I'd crop some off the top. The image also has a bit of a hazy look to it for some reason. Here's a version with a bit off the top, and a few luminance adjustments and mid tone contrast adjustments to bring out a few more details. I also dodged a bit around the eye to provide a bit more light. See what you think. Keith

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 18, 2014 at 3:34 AM

Nice capture of this one Jim. Love the perch and the snow adds to the image. I think Keith's repost makes it even better. Nice job!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 18, 2014 at 4:24 AM

Glad to see you've got your camera back, Jim. I love the tonality in this image-it just screams cold. Nice composition as well.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 18, 2014 at 6:36 AM

Sweet pose from this little one. Really nice detail, eye, branch, and the touch of snow adds a lot.
Great!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on February 18, 2014 at 6:23 PM

This has an almost water-color painting feel to it Jim. Very tranquil, and exceptionally well presented.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on February 19, 2014 at 2:33 AM

Jim,
This is just a beautiful image. There is a dreamy softness to this and the pastel colors add to that effect. There is a bit of noise in the image which is not objectionable and in fact adds to the overall mood to this image. It looks very wintery to me. Adding contrast would ruin the effect for sure. I love Keith's crop and the small fixes that bring out just a little more detail in the eye. I really love this image. Wish I has something like this.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 19, 2014 at 5:33 AM

Keith (copied via email as well) -

Thanks for your work on the image. I agree with the crop; I was worried about running out of pixels but you've persuaded me otherwise. I was trying for a kind of pastel effect and I think it is diminished a bit in your work. The hazy look may be a bit of frost on the lens; it was quite cold. Thanks again for the helpful cricitism and hard work.

Jim

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Comment posted by May Haga on February 20, 2014 at 9:58 PM

Lovely image Jim. I like the perch and the fact that the bird appears to be coming towards you.
We have no Redpolls this winter. Last winter they were everywhere.

May

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 21, 2014 at 10:43 AM

Nice detail and perch Jim

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 22, 2014 at 4:39 AM

Beautiful bird, nice light and I really like the snowy evergreen perch.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 22, 2014 at 7:48 PM

Very nice Jim, like this a lot

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