Western Kingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted July 16, 201567 views6 comments

This is a bird I've been chasing for a little while. They seem to abound around here, but today was the first time I've been able to get one on something other than a fence or at a great distance. I love the colors in this. The b/g, perch and subject all do well together nicely I think.

As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

7D MkII, 500 f4, 1.4x, 1/1250 @ 7.1, ISO 400, no flash, small crop from left and top, PP done in LR CC.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 16, 2015 at 11:03 PM

Sweet image, Greg. Nice pose and perch and a lovely bg that all work together, as you noted. Well done.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Oakley on July 17, 2015 at 3:57 AM

Lovely clean and sharp image, Greg!

Love the perch and BG in this as well...

I'm wondering if a slightly closer crop would work?

Registered on June 12, 2012, 115 Posts, 266 Comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 17, 2015 at 10:08 AM

Hi Greg

This is a really interesting photograph. The color and detail are good. What is the background?

Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 17, 2015 at 10:34 AM

Really nice capture with a killer background. You have certainly stepped up your game from your first few posts. Well done.

Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 18, 2015 at 10:22 PM

Congrats on getting a species that has been hard for you to appraoch previously Greg. My experience with this species, is they tend to be very active. Many times, when they hunt for bugs, they will even return to the same perch. Hope you get more chances in the future and looks like you made good with the opportunity you got here. Nice work.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Morris on July 19, 2015 at 10:39 AM

Thanks everyone for the kind words. This has been a real joy for me over the last 6 months or so.

Peter, the b/g is a road, dying grass and greener grass.

Registered on January 23, 2015, 38 Posts, 104 Comments