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Waiting for Spring
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Waiting for Spring

by John Neukirch

Gallery: AvianPosted March 7, 20141,644 views8 comments
Dark-eyed Junco's are year round residents here in eastern Nebraska and this one I photographed in the back yard last Sunday. Like most of the country he seems to be thinking will Winter ever end.
Thanks for looking.

D300s
Nikkor 300mm f4, 1.4 TC (420mm)
ISO 400
1/320 @ f/6.3
Tripod
LR 4, NIK and PS CC

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 7, 2014 at 10:18 PM
Top notch. Love this one. No nits from me.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Peter Cross on March 7, 2014 at 11:55 PM
Nice perch for this little guy. He looks cold all puffed up like that. Exposure is good and love the detail you captured. BG is nicely complementary. Well done.
Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on March 8, 2014 at 12:08 AM
Well taken! Like the detail in the feathers, not always an easy thing to do with these birds. Good pose, nice perch.
thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 8, 2014 at 1:48 AM
Excellent image - pose, detail, ochre tones of background all good.
Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments
Comment posted by William Bickle on March 8, 2014 at 9:28 AM
Hello John

A common species at our location too. Maybe try to bring out a little more eye detail in that dark area ?

Bill
Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments
Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 8, 2014 at 10:18 AM
Nice capture. Everything is working well. Maybe open the face detail around the eye a touch more but that is a minor nit. :toast:
Registered on April 6, 2004, 119 Posts, 1989 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 8, 2014 at 4:43 PM
A sweet image. I like the understated natural colors in this, and the relaxed look of the junco.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 20, 2014 at 6:04 PM
Tack sharp and some fine feather details, nice DOF John.
I like the natural looking color of the junco, great BG to set em' off too :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments