New Years Day Pine Grosbeak

[Jim Zipp]

This was among my first images for the new year having made it on New Years Day during a snowstorm.
40D, 600 f4.0, 1/320 sec AV no comp with -2/3 fill flash. Had to "fix" all the snowflakes which had the highlight on one end from the flash. Also had to compress more than I usually like to to make the file under 150K. Hope it looks ok.

Thanks for looking and good luck with the new site!

[Arthur Morris]

Looks great. Love especially the framing, the pose, and the rump. Exposure and head-anlge perfect. And the berries do not suck either, or does the snow. Or the red blush in the background. Pretty cool how the fruit stuff on his bill matches the rump color...

This one is right up there with your GGO...

Later and love and have a great '08. artie

ps to boys and girls: note, this image is not oversaturated and it is not oversharpened <smile>

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning image Jim and what a wonderful way to start the new Year. No nits for me. Love how you captured the falling snow in the image.

[Dave Courtenay]

One of the best images i have seen posted so far-must look great as a high res or printed

Dave

[Alfred Forns]

Big Red Carpet Welcome Jim !!!! One stunning image !!!!!

[Linda Robbins]

Hi Jim -

GORGEOUS! I WANT A PRINT!

Thanks for posting this stunner...

[Jacqui Hendry]

Superb, wonderful colours,composition & the snow is just the icing on the cake !

[Matthew Studebaker]

fantastic shot Jim! I love the snow and composition.

[Stephen Stephen]

Wonderful capture Jim and I immediately thought of your GGO in a snowstorm shot from a couple of years ago. Love your work.

[Mike Lentz]

I'd say you have a wall hanger here, Jim.

[James Galletto]

Jim you've done it again simply awesome all we got was rain but the sunrise made up for it.

[Jim Zipp]

Thanks Jim and everyone. Actually at our house we had only rain on New Years too. Carol and I had just finished our crazy Holiday season and were in bed at 9 on New Years Eve and headed north before sunrise to get above the ran/snow line for a day of birding and photography! Wasn't too far for us at least.

[Glenn Bartley]

Ive been seeing loads of images of this species lately. This one is right up there with the best Ive seen. The pose and snow makes it a real winner IMHO. Cheers Jim!

[Len Maltese]

The post looks great Jim. Beautiful image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great image in all respects, Jim. I find them a bit tricky to sharpen but you did very well. The BG looks a bit noisy, what ISO did you use?

[Jim Zipp]

Axel, ISO 400. It's not noisy at all in the original. For some reason it took a lot of compression to fit the guidelines and it does look a little noisy as a result.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great shot!!!

[Ted Willcox]

Composition, sharpness, exposure, bird posture all excellent. Well done.
Yours in wildness
Ted Willcox