Oh So Close!
by Jim Zablotny
In the quest for a good rose-breasted grosbeak picture, I'm trying some things that I received from those that critiqued my series of these birds so far. Step 1 was placing the perch farther away from my blind, step 2 wait for better light, and step 3 use a higher ISO and smaller aperture. After dashing home from work, I set up my station and waiting for the males to show up. This scruffy first year bird was the only one out of 2 other adult plumaged birds to sit on the perch. I got the head turn, but he presented himself with a sunflower seed hull stuck in his bill. Other than that and scruffy plumage, I was able to get a fairly sharp, but noisy image. I used Neat Image to reduce BG noise. K5 IIs 600mm f5.6 (1/320 sec at f10, ISO 2000). I added some canvas on the left, cropped to full frame, added Brightness & Contrast..........................................Jim
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6 commentsLiked the perch and bird looks very sharp.