Common Yellowthroat

[Kevin Lantz]

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Canon XSI/450D 400mm f5.6<o:p></o:p>
ISO 400, f9, 1/800 sec<o:p></o:p>
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Cropped to 4mp, toned down the perch and unsharp mask (perhaps too much).<o:p></o:p>
I suppose I should have leveled the top of the post and eliminated the light area upper right.
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/<a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/33706397@N03/5970977586/ target=_blank>[img]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5970977586_5660cfed81_b.jpg

[Kevin Lantz]

Apparently the file size was too large and did not display, here is a smaller version.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5970977586_5660cfed81_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33706397@N03/5970977586/)

[Sachin Saraf]

What a beautiful capture...Nice Pose and BG..Sharp and very well exposed...

[gail bisson]

Very nice image. Very sharp, good light and nice HA. Also the BG is lovely. I think you are too hard on yourself!:S3: I agree about leveling the perch
Gail

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Kevin,

Welcome, this is much better than my first post. Directions for posting size are at the top of the forum. Feel free to ask additional questions in this regard too.

Lot's to like here, great bird, head angle is strong and the eye is bright and clean. Techs are strong too, nice feather detail, fast shutter good standard aperture. The composition could use some tweaks IMO. Leveling and it is a bit tight for me. These are easy to adjust, what post production software do you use. In Photoshop use ruler to level and simply adjust crop as needed.

[wendell westfall]

Kevin, I like it very much, though it is a bit tight for my tastes -- and I usually do the same thing.

[Kevin Lantz]

Thanks everyone:<o:p></o:p>
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I have opened the crop up a bit, perhaps not enough as I lost some in leveling.<o:p></o:p>
Jeff:
I usually convert to TIFF using the software that came with the camera then I make final adjustments and convert to Jpeg using Serif PhotoPlus X4, adjustments might be a little different than PS.
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http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5985270949_6cbfeb7232_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33706397@N03/5985270949/)<o:p></o:p>

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Kevin,

I like it, the level bottom makes a big difference, I like more room and might take more of the bottom,..but that's me.

Well done, this is a beautiful bird and you captured a great moment - that's for sharing.

[Kerry Perkins]

Kevin, big warm welcome to BPN! You will find lots of friendly folks here as well as a wealth of information so please look around the site at your leisure.

This is a very nice first post, or even a 5,000th post. You got great results with your equipment, which really brings home the notion that it is more about the photographer than the gear. I use the 400mm f/5.6 all the time and love the images it produces. You have excellent exposure, nice detail (not too much sharpening at all to my eye), excellent background and good pose. Cute bird, I look forward to more.

[Luis Villablanca]

Beautiful capture of this shy birds. I love the reprocessed image. Well done!

[ChasMcRae]

Nice capture of female especially since most of us concentrate on the male. It is not too tight for me but I love clean species shots. The top of the post may not have been level, but people become concerned when it is not level on the image, but easily changed.