Black Phoebe

Gallery: AvianPosted November 20, 201562 views4 comments

Another from last winter. These seem more brown than black to me, but that's going to vary a lot depending on the light. I lightened the shadows just a bit and brightened the eye.

7D2, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/9, 1/1600, sio 1250, aperture priority, center-weighted average metering, no compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Slight crop to 18.3 Mpixels. Taken at Green Kingfisher Pond in the San Pedro River Riparian Area near Sierra Vista, Arizona. Taken at 8:03 am on March 10th, 2015.

Please check the larger image for better detail.

I appreciate your input on the Pelicans and look forward to your comments on this one.

Thanks,

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on November 21, 2015 at 2:11 PM

Nice pose and complementary BG. Rt. eye still a little dark but large image better. I like the wing movement. Very sharp.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 21, 2015 at 7:42 PM

I like the clean BG and open wings Dennis. But I think this looses something with the head and eyes being so dark. I think you have some room to lighten up the shadows, but not sure if you can enough and still make it look natural.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 22, 2015 at 8:32 AM

Nice pose, and the colors are great, throughout the image. Wondering about trying to light it up a bit - could make the image stronger. On the other side, this has something mysterious to it, which appeals to me quite abit .. Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 24, 2015 at 2:01 PM

Dennis, I like the pose, the clean background and the perch. What would have made it even better for me would be a bit more detail in the face.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments