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Vermiliion Flycatcher
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Vermiliion Flycatcher

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: AvianPosted December 27, 2015107 views3 comments
I know this is an unusual presentation and probably won't appeal to a lot of people, but something about the softness created by very oof foreground vegetation seemed to combine very well with the rather muted plumage of the female and her pose to appeal to me.  This was a real grab shot-I just got one frame of her in this location before she flew.

7D2, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/9, 1/2500, iso 1250, aperture priority, center weighted average metering.  Processed in LR5 & CS6.  Cropped to 12.7 MP.  Taken at 8:01 am March 10, 2015 at Green Kingfisher Pond in the San Pedro River Riparian Area near Sierra Vista, Arizona.

I'm very interested in how people react to this image-please leave your opinion, good or bad.

Thanks,



 

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 28, 2015 at 12:01 AM
Before reading your description I said to myself - "what beautiful soft effect". So, I am one of those who finds the presentation appealing. It may not be a coincidence that I am not much of a "bird person". By this I mean that I do like them, of course, (and I don't eat them, neither do I eat any other animal), but I was never able to get "scientifically" interested in them. I have a hard time telling one LBB (little brown bird) from another. My attraction to birds is purely aesthetic, and perhaps this frame of mind is what makes me like this image very much. It would be interesting to see how this opinion compares to those who see birds in a different light!cool
Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 28, 2015 at 7:16 PM
I dunno, Dennis. You certainly made lemonade out of lemons, and it is a very cool bird. But the photographer in me sees an OOF obstruction. Good work getting the focus point on the bird.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on December 29, 2015 at 4:26 PM
I like the image Dennis, maybe because I have many similar ones.  It does have an appeal although I wish it was just a bit more clear so to have a better view of the bird.  thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments