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Orchard Oriole
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Orchard Oriole

by Sharon Hallowell

Gallery: AvianPosted May 18, 2014750 views10 comments
A female Orchard Oriole from Bombay Hook NWR.

50D, 700mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/64 LARGER version also posted for your review. Thanks for your comments/critiques...I hope I'm learning from them all! Sharon

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 18, 2014 at 10:25 PM
Excellent, Sharon. Nice pose and I love the dof and bokeh in this one. The oof reeds make a great bg.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on May 18, 2014 at 10:29 PM
Killer background. Great capture.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 19, 2014 at 1:46 AM
Wonderful work on the bird, but the composition with the bird in the lower left corner seems a little odd. Maybe it's my conservative taste. Killer background.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 19, 2014 at 9:59 AM
Really like this setting/BG, great view of the birds backside with a nice head turn Carolyn.
Very good detail/DOF and the colors look natural.
If it was mine I'd clone out the single broken reed directly in front of the bird..
But that's just my preference, this works fine too :smile:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on May 19, 2014 at 10:25 AM
Nice shot.
Registered on January 25, 2010, 54 Posts, 610 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on May 19, 2014 at 1:48 PM
Nice composition, Sharon. I like the reeds. It's nice to put some space around a bird once in a while, and this works perfectly. :toast:
Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on May 20, 2014 at 8:36 AM
Really like this one Sharon :smile: The BG is great, as is the colors and details of the bird itself. One of your best IMHO. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 20, 2014 at 7:10 PM
Sharon, I like this a lot! Wonderful background too! :toast:

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 23, 2014 at 11:55 AM
I really like the over-eggaerated placement of the bird Sharon...this is the type of image where I think that decision really works. I do think Howard has a good suggestion about the broken branch on the right since it is on the same focal plane...it does have a tendency to pull your eye there.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 25, 2014 at 6:26 AM
Love the setting Sharon, and the way the yellow of the bird stands out from the monotone background. maybe a fraction more below??
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments