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Nancy Bell
04-14-2013, 01:42 PM
This is a Red-shafted Flicker female. I find I rarely get close to these birds but on this day we were having an intense snowstorm and the flicker seemed reluctant to move. She had been feeding on a nearby suet feeder and was now resting on an aspen trunk. I photographed from an open door (I didn't want to go out into the snowstorm!), using the door frame for support.
Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 400 F4 DO IS, 1/1250, f6.3, exp. comp. +1 1/3 (since the snowy bkgd was so bright), ISO 800.
As I look at this now I think there is too much aspen in the image. And does the eye need a bit of something?
Diane Miller
04-14-2013, 03:03 PM
Lovely! Yes, I'd crop about half the aspen off. Is it fair to add a catchlight in the eye?
Randy Stout
04-14-2013, 03:08 PM
Nancy:
The aspen bark is a perfect color match for the bird, but would crop from the left as you indicated. There is a subtle catchlight there, and you can certainly augment it and maintain a natural look.
The reds on the bird add a pop of color, all good.
I really like the feel of this one, so certainly worth the tweaking.
Cheers
Randy
Alan Murphy
04-14-2013, 04:11 PM
Love the detail, BG and stump. Not crazy about the square crop.
Karl Egressy
04-14-2013, 04:16 PM
I would crop about 1 1/2-2" from the left and would remove the dark area from the bottom right. Love the detail and pose.
PhilCook
04-14-2013, 04:20 PM
Sweet looking bird, very interesting markings and captured well with extra nice fine detail, agree cropping a bit more of the tree trunk would work nicer
Nancy Bell
04-14-2013, 06:09 PM
Thank you all. I agree with all about cropping. That would also lose the square crop that it is now. Karl, I also wondered about removing that bottom right dark area. Think I will try it.
Karl Egressy
04-14-2013, 07:22 PM
Much much better. Great work.
PhilCook
04-15-2013, 02:48 AM
Yep, that's the ticket :S3:
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