Orchard Oriole

Gallery: AvianPosted May 7, 2014143 views4 comments

This was the first time I have had a good opportunity to photograph this species. It gave me several chances as it flew to different perches. Taken at the Sugar Grove Nature Center's bird sanctuary, where there are feeders.

Canon PS SX50
1/200 @ F-6.5 ISO400
Canon 4.3 -215 @ 215mm.
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Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on May 7, 2014 at 12:35 PM

Wonderful feather detail and pose John. You did a good job handling that black head also. The large amount of noise in the BG is a little distracting though and I'd like a little more canvas on the right side for the oriole to look into.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 7, 2014 at 1:11 PM

John: Nice pose with a nice bird. The image feels a bit dark and especially in the darkest tones. I took a quick shot at working the overall luminance balance and also ran a round of noise reduction on the background. See what you think.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 8, 2014 at 1:30 AM

excellent bird with sharp details. Love the headturn. background is a bit messy but not too bad and shows good habitat

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on May 9, 2014 at 12:37 PM

John, an excellent capture. As others have noted the BG is a bit messy, but it is what it is. Keith's touch up is an improvement IMO.

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