Another Grosbeak

Gallery: AvianPosted May 15, 2016117 views5 comments

Some snow this morning and rose-breasted grosbeaks were hitting the feeders pretty early this morning. I used Topaz In-Focus to control some motion blur and there just wasn't enough light to go beyond f7.1. K5IIs 600mm f5.6 (1/90 sec at f7.1, ISO 640) full frame, levels, reduce saturation of green, Topaz In-Focus, Topaz Detail.............................Jim

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 15, 2016 at 1:14 PM

A very nice image. Very simple. Well done despite some very mild softness. The colors are just really nice.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 15, 2016 at 5:50 PM

Nice pose, Jim, and a great job on the exposure.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 15, 2016 at 6:13 PM

Love the clean BG in this and the color contrast is perfect for this species Jim. Understand about the DOF, bummer and I don't know your equipment well enough to know it's limits, but was there a possibly of increasing your ISO to compensate so you could stop down a touch more?

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 16, 2016 at 12:23 PM

Excellent, Jim. Great detail in the whites and blacks; never easy with this species. I wish the tail wasn't blurred but at 600mm that would require an aperture setting that was likely impossible.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on May 17, 2016 at 4:51 PM

Nice. clean,. simple composition. The smooth green background compliments the wonderful colors on the grosbeak very well.

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