Scott´s Oriole in Agave

[Raul Padilla]

I like this family, Icteridae, colorfull bird with very contrasting body: black and brigth yellow, a challenge to get a good exposure

Canon 50D
500mm
iso 200
f8
1/250
exp comp +1

Flash -1 2/3

cropping

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/data/532/Icterus_parisorum_Scott_s_Oriole_00.jpg

[Randy Stout]

Raul:

Well, you did a very nice job on exposing this fellow. Flash def. helped. Sharp, nice pose, perch works well. Great display of feet, and like the subtle blue patch on bill, matches the BG.

Cheers

Randy

[Stan Cunningham]

Great pose and exposure, surprised you had to push it a stop. Looks a little oversharpened on the blacks but see what others think as each monitor is different, nice shot.

[Raul Padilla]

Thx Randy and Stan, one stop up was because the sky bkg and for obtain detils in the blacks, this Orioles whith blacks and brigth yellows need a wide dinamic range for to obtain all the detail.

[jack williamson]

Well done with the exposure, blacks and yellows look great. It looks a little flat to me though, maybe just a touch of darkening in levels.

Jack