One Yellow-Rump a' flappin'

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10-24-2009, 03:01 PM
Dave Blinder

One Yellow-Rump a' flappin'

Kinda an awkward/goofy capture, but it seems unique and I liked the exposure. There were many more OOF branches in the original, which I've cloned out. Not thrilled about the remaining ones, but I try to do minimal cloning when it will intersect with feathers. Also, I believe the few remaining branches may help fill the empty space a bit. This is essentially a "lucky shot", but perhaps more DOF would help on the wing?

Not that I'll be recreating the scenario anytime soon! hah.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/...fc053316_o.jpg

taken recently at Island Beach State Park, New Jersey

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 700 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: On, Fired

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10-24-2009, 06:27 PM
Gal Shon

Beautiful specimen,
Good colors, sharpness and exposure. I like the wing and the spread tail.
Not a fan of frames in general, especially of heavy ones. I would remove one catchlight.
10-24-2009, 07:57 PM
denise ippolito

Dave, I think you did a good job w/ the exposure and the sharpness. The pose is nice. I agree you could have probably stopped down to get more in focus. I shoot at Island Beach alot but this year haven't made it down there.
10-25-2009, 03:11 AM
Stu Bowie

Dave, I like the pose with the raised wing. I would have maybe tried to clone out the OOF branch below his wing.
10-25-2009, 09:15 AM
Dave Blinder

Thanks for the comments everyone, I've cloned out another branch here and removed a 2nd catchlight.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/...5c89e4cf_o.jpg

Denise - I had a great day at Island Beach, chased around a lot of Kinglets, and some Winter Wrens, and Brown Creepers. Also stayed to shoot sunset. Some of the those shots are on flickr now.
10-25-2009, 11:44 AM
Daniel Cadieux

Funny pose - there are a few species that seem to occasionally react to flash by twitching their wings in this manner...chickadees, kinglets, and these yellow-rumps all come to mind. Although you cloned out the smaller of the two catchlights, there is still some "steel-eye" caused by the flash visible on the lower part of the eye. Those OOF branches are unfortunate, but warblers do dwell amongst the trees!!