Southern Red Bishop

[Marc Scott-Parkin]

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Southern Red Bishop, Rietfontein Dam Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Camera: Nikon D300
Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: 10
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm

[Randy Stout]

Marc:

Nice job on the exposure, holding the red channel. Sharp,good sized perch, like the grip showing.
Pretty good isolation of subject in a busy background. Might have been worth a few shots at a larger aperture to reduce your DOF a bit. As is, might consider toning down the lighter stems/reeds behind the bird and perch.

What a colorful guy.

Cheers

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good exposure control, sharpness and head angle. It would be even stronger if the the BG were all greenish.