Vermilion Flycatcher

Gallery: AvianPosted May 11, 2015109 views12 comments

I'm sure I said I'd swear off these, but I liked the reed pattern in this one. I had to extend the canvas on the right a bit to put the bird where I wanted it in the frame-hopefully I didn't botch it too badly.

7Dii, 500mm f4 ISL, 2.0TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/8, 1/2500, iso 800, aperture priority, center weighted average metering with -1/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped from top and left and added canvas on the right. Final size is 14.8MP. Taken March 11th at 8:53 am.

Your comments and criticisms are really appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 11, 2015 at 7:31 PM

All the mid tone brown throughout the area allows the red head to really stick out in this scene, Dennis. The composition works perfectly here too......very nice!.... laugh

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 11, 2015 at 7:37 PM

Very nice capture, Dennis, and a lovely color palette. I wish the bird were a bit bigger in the frme, but you can only get what they give you. Nice work on the right side extension.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 11, 2015 at 9:48 PM

striking image. The contrast presented by this bird is fantastic and the composition rocks

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 11, 2015 at 10:30 PM

Love the head turn Dennis, beautiful ccomposition too,

Ray

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on May 11, 2015 at 11:14 PM

love the lines in this and the bit of color against the nice browns. might take a bit off the left/top--not much at all, and only an idea--the comp is really good as is.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on May 12, 2015 at 12:06 AM

I like the composition and background. Looking at the small image I thought the bird was too small, but it works in the larger image.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 12, 2015 at 3:37 AM

Dennis it's right up my street,cracking piece of work.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 12, 2015 at 6:08 AM

I like this one too Dennis laugh .

The small flycatcher in the reeds really gives a nice sense of how big these litlle beauties actually are. A very pleasing composition.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on May 12, 2015 at 9:53 AM

Nice job with this Dennis. You've been doing some great bird in habitat images. Wish more people did these!

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 12, 2015 at 10:01 AM

Love this composition Dennis! The curved and broken twigs add nice symmetry to the comp, and the background offers a great canvas to the birds beautiful color. Very well presented. devil

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 12, 2015 at 11:03 AM

Nice environmental shot. The patterns of the reeds are pretty cool.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 13, 2015 at 10:02 AM

This beautiful redhead stands out famously Dennis, the perfect subject for this style of comp.

I like all the diagonal lines, and the sharp head turn looking back through the frame.

Very nice devil

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