Water Starling

Gallery: AvianPosted December 6, 201487 views7 comments

Captured this Starling while photographing ducks at a local pond. I liked the colors of the water and the starling. Fairly large crop, but I think it held up fairly well. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f7.1
1/250s
ISO 160
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter engaged)

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 7, 2014 at 1:36 AM

Yes, it did hold up very well, and the colors on the starling are gorgeous!

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Comment posted by David Rowe on December 7, 2014 at 10:43 AM

This is an unusual setting for the starling. The bird’s speckled attire shows up well and I love the ‘water feature’ background. It’s practically worthy of one of the impressionist painters!
David

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on December 7, 2014 at 3:47 PM

I like this a lot, the water reflections are very nice. The starling seems so isolated on his little rock. The composition is perfect. The crop held up very well Jerry, cool shot!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 8, 2014 at 9:59 AM

Jerry,
A very unusual shot, the colours are great

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 8, 2014 at 4:29 PM

Jerry this is really different ,you have captured the colours and sheen beautifully.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 10, 2014 at 9:29 PM

I also like the colors a lot in this one Jerry. My only nit, is I feel it is a bit centered. I don't mind a centered subject once in awhile, but since the bird is small in the frame and the perch is dead center, it intensify's the middle comp...(just my two cents). If mine, I might crop a touch off the left and top (just a tiny bit) to move him a it more off center.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on December 11, 2014 at 9:15 PM

Thanks for all the comments and critiques. How about this Kurt?

Jerry

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