Parting Shot ... And Seeing.

[Arthur Morris]

Great-tailed Grackles & blackbirds on the dead tree

This image was created on December 4, 2019 on my very last 2019 morning at Bosque. Moments after creating this image I headed up to the Albuquerque airport. I used the hand held Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS lens (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1485540-REG/sony_sel200600g_fe_200_600mm_f_5_6_6_3_g.html/BI/6633/KBID/7226/kw/SO200600G/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSO200600G) (at 318mm) with the blazingly fast AF King, the Sony Alpha a9 II Mirrorless Digital camera body. (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1509600-REG/sony_ilce9m2_b_alpha_a9_ii_mirrorless.html/BI/6633/KBID/7226/kw/SOA92/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSOA92) ISO 400. Exposure determined by Zebras: 1/60 sec. at f/7.1 in Manual mode. AWB at 6:37am in the pre-dawn.

As for the image, don't be shy; all comments are welcome and apprecaited.

To learn about the creation of this image and to read some interesting stuff on seeing and photography, check out today's blog post here (http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2019/12/06/sony-artisan-david-burdett-on-seeing-and-the-sony-200-600-at-bosque/).

with love, artie

[Ian McLachlan]

Love the sequence of the colours up and down

[Aditya Sridhar]

Didn't know a tree could grow birds instead of leaves :t3
Lovely colors throughout the frame - the pink clouds are especially great! Solid image Artie and very well spotted!

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Beautiful Colors and image design.

How are the conditions in Bosque this year ?
I am heading there in Dec 25

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ooh, I love ti. I especially like the lowest bird at right, against the treeline. Beautiful dawn colours. I agree about the "seeing" comments....

[gail bisson]

Have to echo Daniel's observations here. I love the blackbird in lower right branch. I also like the bird in flight in the middle of the tree.
I would play around with the blues a bit. I wonder if desaturating blue inthe mountain and water slightly would improve the image?
Gail

[John Mack]

Great colors in the sky. That tree is sure stocked up with birds.