Texas Dickcissal

Gallery: AvianPosted May 19, 201687 views4 comments

This is a new species for me. I thought this was a sparrow species until I did a little research. Not a sparrow at all. Looks like a miniature Meadowlark. The light level was pretty low, but I still think the image turned out pretty well. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014 along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/160s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 320

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4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 20, 2016 at 1:05 PM

Nice shot, Jerry. Good detail and you did an excellent job on the exposure with that gray sky bg.

devil

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

Comment posted by Raoul Breaux Jr on May 20, 2016 at 9:39 PM

Nice capture of this new species for you, Jerry. The bird is nicely exposed; you did a good job handling the low-level lighting. Too bad it didn't cooperate with a glance your way, but we can't have it all sometimes. These really are like miniature Meadowlarks--very attractive birds.

Registered on April 27, 2016, 20 Posts, 142 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 21, 2016 at 7:09 AM

Hi Jerry,

The yellows and grays are a good combination in this image. I wish that you had a little more light to get the eye and breast feather details to show up better. Pose is great and I like the high key presentation. You did very well considering the lighting conditions devil

....................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 21, 2016 at 8:28 PM

Techs look spot on, Jerry. Pose and composition are also pleasing. Nice capture of this colorful species.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments