John Chardine
02-11-2008, 05:00 PM
A group of Mourning Doves was huddled in a White Birch tree in a snow storm today. Perhaps as a result of climate warming, Mourning Doves now overwinter commonly in our part of the world, but they are not really cut out for cold weather.
I took this image of the closest subject through a window at my office (Sackville, New Brunswick) because I was worried about scaring the birds.
I missed the end of the tail in the image so I cropped further in this one. Not sure what people think about doing this. Mourning Doves have a long tail in relation to the body size so if you include all of it, the head and body take up a smaller part of the image. I know the BG will be too much for many of you but the bird was sitting in a tree; what can I say, birds sit in trees!
Processing involved pruning of some small branches, auto levels in PS and modest sharpening.
Canon 40D, 100-400 mm F4.5-5.6 IS USM @400 mm. 1/500, F8, ISO 400. RAW, natural light, IS on, autofocus on.
PS Can I say how much I am enjoying this site and learning huge amounts along the way. Thanks for everyone's comments.
I took this image of the closest subject through a window at my office (Sackville, New Brunswick) because I was worried about scaring the birds.
I missed the end of the tail in the image so I cropped further in this one. Not sure what people think about doing this. Mourning Doves have a long tail in relation to the body size so if you include all of it, the head and body take up a smaller part of the image. I know the BG will be too much for many of you but the bird was sitting in a tree; what can I say, birds sit in trees!
Processing involved pruning of some small branches, auto levels in PS and modest sharpening.
Canon 40D, 100-400 mm F4.5-5.6 IS USM @400 mm. 1/500, F8, ISO 400. RAW, natural light, IS on, autofocus on.
PS Can I say how much I am enjoying this site and learning huge amounts along the way. Thanks for everyone's comments.