Roadrunner first post

[Gary Roberts]

I have been visiting this forum for several weeks and have decided to join and post.
This is a wonderful setting for learning from many talented and professional people.
Thanks for the opportunity and thanks to Arthur Morris and the BAA bulletins.

Image captured earlier this week at a local park around 4 P.M.
Head turn is not quite there but this is the best of the bunch and the only one that displays the colors
behind the eye. I,ve looked at this enough so I can't see the bad or the good of it anymore.
I,m hoping for some advice from the members of this great site.


Rebel XTi, Canon 70-200 F/4 L with 1.4X TC, AV mode,ISO 200,1/1000sec at f/8. Focal length 280mm.
Raw capture converted in DPP. Levels, saturation, bg smoothing, re-sizing and USM in PE.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Hi Gary!
Welcome to BPN,nice first shot,I really like the pose,details and the BG!

[George DeCamp]

Hey Gary!

Welcome to BPN, nice to have you here!!

A real treay to have this guy in the neighborhood, we have to travel a long way to see one. You really got close or maybe a crop? Nice composition and BG but agree slight head turn would really kick this up a notch. I see some little artifacts maybe from resizing creeping in.

Keep'em coming and keep up the good work too!!!

[Jim Poor]

Welcome aboard. Wish more lurkers would take the plunge and jump on in.

I really like the BG and feather details here along with the color on the head. The edges of the bill look a little off to me, but I can't really say it's a halo. Real nice portrait.

[Dave Phillips]

welcome Gary, I'm new here also.
I always enjoy a RR, and am a lover of portraits too.

This looks really nice, very nice......if inclined, might burn in the beak a wee bit

[Gary Roberts]

Thanks much for your remarks and suggestions. Gary