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Bird on a Stick

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: AvianPosted November 9, 2017174 views4 comments
A Dark-eyed Junco in this case.  This was a projection from a peanut-butter feeding post and Junco's are avid consumers of it, though I managed to catch this one with a clean beak.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 451 mm, Jobu Gimbal on blind window, f/9, 1/400, iso 1600, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV.  Processed in LR & PS CC.  This is a 6x7 vertical crop from the horizontal original and I cloned over part of the oof feeder pole that was on the left side.  Taken at 8:54 am on November 6th.

Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Allen Brooks on November 10, 2017 at 12:37 PM
I like the pose.  The detail looks very good, particularly given the shutter speed and ISO.  DId you have to do much NR using this ISO?  The junco shows well against the background.
Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on November 10, 2017 at 1:07 PM
HI Dennis
You did a really good job with the black detail and the showing of the Junco eye.
Peter
Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments
Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 11, 2017 at 1:46 PM
I would have named the image "Beauty on a Stick" enlightened - lovely light and colors ! Cheers, Hans
Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on November 19, 2017 at 4:51 PM
A good crisp image.  I like the  pose the junco is in as well as the color and details.  I think I will try the peanut butter feeding post.
TFS.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments