Black-headed Grosbeak
by Dennis Plank
I constructed a new small bathing area as an upper level for the pond at my permanent blind and got it going a few days ago. This was the second bird using it that I had in front of my camera. It actually perched pretty much where I wanted it, though it did point out a shortcoming in my design/execution as evidenced by the oof patch of moss in the lower left. I built it as a rectangle, and a fan shape would have reduced the likelihood of that problem.
7D2, Sigma 150-600 C @ 388 mm, tripod with ball head and Sidekick, f/8, 1/800, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 10.1 MP. Taken on July 1st at 8:44 am.
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Thanks,
Comments
4 commentsPretty bird in a nice pose. Very nice detail, and The moss compliments the bird's colours well.
That OOF moss is a bit distracting; easily cloned out.
Sandy.
Nice head turn, colors, and details my friend