Black headed Grosbeak

[dankearl]

A first for me of this species.
Taken on the Oregon Coast.

1/800, f5.6, iso640, 500mm (300 w/ 1.7), HH,
A D800 crop, maybe 20% of full frame.

DSC_1638nx.jpg (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=115082&stc=1&d=1341275503)

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose details and great colors. well done

[John Ippolito]

Lovely pose, detail, color, light, and BG. Really nice work Dan. So this is 20% of full frame?

[christopher galeski]

nice one Dan,nice perch,good BG,like the pose.thanks.

[PhilCook]

I like the opposing diagonals created by bird and branch,nice perch as well as bird

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great composition, a fine pose and wonderful colours, a fine shot.

[jack williamson]

Lots of detail for that crop, sharp with a great bg and perch.

Jack

[Rachel Hollander]

Dan - crop really held up well. Nice comp, details, color, bg, and pose.

TFS,
Rachel

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments.
John, here is the original, full frame FX mode, no PP, converted to jpeg.
I could have cropped it even tighter.

DSC_1638bp1.jpg (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=115103&stc=1&d=1341320165)

[Daniel Cadieux]

The image held up quite well for the big crop. Great perch, BG, colours, chosen crop (although you could recompse a tad looser too). Good call filling in the light spot in the BG behind the subject's head.

[rajojomanik]

Congrats Dan on this great capture.

Love the BG, colors and perch.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Agree with maybe slightly looser crop however love the colours, perch and detail.

[Michael Rominger Jr]

Very nice Dan! Like the pose,comp,perch and BG. Sharpness and exposure look good as well. Held up very nicely from the crop. You are putting that D800 to good use! TFS!

[gail bisson]

Like the bird, the HA, the smooth BG and the perch,
Gail
Thanks for showing the original. It is always so informative to see the before and after.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent IQ, details and exposure.
I couldn't tell it was such a big crop. The D800 seems like a great body.
The greens are gorgeous. I've got to make it to Oregon.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Now you are just making all Canon users jealous :-)

awesome details and perch. Excellent feel here. Multiple cropping options....I'd have done the same as you have.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, love the pose here, and you have brought out the colours very well. Good placement of the grosbeak, and I do like the perch. The crop has held up very well. Great work.