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Spring

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted April 4, 2017305 views10 comments

The new leaves and Bluebirds mean spring to me.
Canon EOS 70D, 1/500 sec., f/10, ISO 1000, 600mm. Cropped a little bit.
Comments and critiques are welcome! The photo is grainier than I would like.

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10 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 4, 2017 at 10:53 PM

Definitely "Spring" ! Great little bird in a nice pose, and in a complimentary array of branches and new leaves.
Your high ISO produced quite a bit of noise, so a few rounds of noise reduction would help. My guess is your high ISO was set to be ready for flight shots , as I do the same thing. It costs in quantity of noise, though.
Nice image!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 5, 2017 at 10:44 AM

I most definitely agree about this singing spring. This is a fine look at this bluebird surrounded by the fresh young leaves. The semi-back lighting lets the young leaves pop as it highlights the bird. I would love to see a larger version to explore the details. While the higher iso does add to the noise, if you're doing raw processing, you can compensate for some of that by applying noise reduction in raw processing (at least in Lightroom or Photoshop). The other thing that I would do with a shot like this is some subtle dodging on the shaded part of the bird's face and eye.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on April 5, 2017 at 12:55 PM

This is a lovely spring image! The bird is beautiful and is in a very nice setting. You might want to try applying some noise reduction to the background since that's where the noise is most noticeable.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on April 5, 2017 at 2:22 PM

Beautiful comp. I really like the colors and BG. Although it would be a lot of work, it would be worth it to try to reduce the noise either through a very careful gaussian blur of the BG or through good noise reduction software.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on April 5, 2017 at 9:14 PM

Sweet portrait of a blue bird, and a very nice composition. Nice job!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 6, 2017 at 9:38 AM

Love the combination of the beautiful bluebird and spring leaves, Marjie. Well composed and a fine capture. Excellent submission for this week's WC theme.

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Comment posted by Marjie Jones on April 6, 2017 at 11:23 AM

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. They are much appreciated!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on April 9, 2017 at 7:06 AM

Very nice blue bird image! I like how you framed it with the new growths above and below. Is a bit noisy, but I do not find that distracting. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 13, 2017 at 12:55 PM

Congrats on your first WP!
and only yhe 4th image you've posted - just excellent!
Excellent "spring" image!

Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Marjie Jones on April 13, 2017 at 2:33 PM

Thanks for the WP! Very exciting for me. I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to look at my images and post feedback.

Registered on May 5, 2015, 35 Posts, 82 Comments