This Is My Perch!

Gallery: AvianPosted April 16, 2014190 views15 comments

Actually, I'm not sure what she was on about-maybe another lady looked at her man. This is the mate of the male I posted a couple of days ago taken in the same session and perched on the same dead fig. I had a very hard time deciding how to frame this one, so I'd be glad to hear suggestions.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 2.0TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f10, 1/400, iso 500, -1/3 stop exposure compensation, Aperture Priority. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to a 4x5 from a horizontal original. Taken April 14th at 7:59 am. Take a look at the larger image to see the detail in the mouth.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on April 17, 2014 at 12:27 AM

Argh the competition for a perch. Nice shot. The frame seems fine with me. I tend to like a tighter crop nowadays, I don't know why!

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 17, 2014 at 1:49 AM

Like the background perch and behavior -- Great whites

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 17, 2014 at 6:29 AM

Another great swallow image ! Nice title as well ... Greetings, Hans

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 17, 2014 at 10:56 AM

I think the framing works just fine, especially with the frontal POV.
But there's always more than one way to skin a cat

Great BG, nice details, colors, and exposure Dennis.
And a large dose of personality to boot

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM

Lol - does look more like a jealous female!
Great pose and action -
nice work!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 17, 2014 at 3:07 PM

I am comfortable with the framing you chose. If you are comfortable, that makes two of us!

I seriously like the hissy fit the bird is throwing.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 17, 2014 at 5:22 PM

Very nice. The open beak and clear calling posture add a lot of interest. The techs look good as they have for this entire series.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 18, 2014 at 1:46 AM

Pretty cool, Dennis. I like the open bill.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 19, 2014 at 12:48 PM

This is sweet Dennis, love the lighting, screaming pose and I think your comp works out well.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 19, 2014 at 1:26 PM

Good job. This is a very evocative image. Note the variety of comments about what the bird is actually doing. I vote for whistling for a taxi. Thanks for posting this.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on April 19, 2014 at 6:41 PM

Just precious! Love the tongue in focus

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 19, 2014 at 11:41 PM

I really like this Dennis. That swallow has some attitude! I think your choice for framing this works really well. Very nice!!!!

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Comment posted by May Haga on April 20, 2014 at 9:51 AM

Great timing. Love it.
May

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 21, 2014 at 8:45 AM

Nice one Dennis

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Comment posted by David Haynes on April 21, 2014 at 10:00 PM

Dennis,
Another beauty. I like the crop on this but I'm wondering what a vertical crop would look lie with a little extra room on the left side. Just a thought. Super image though. Love the wide open beak.

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