Hood Mockingbird - Galápagos - Española - Another one

Hood Mockingbird, Mimus macdonaldi, also known as the Española Mockingbird.

Rather than work on the previous image I selected a different one. The Galápagos adventure drives a photographer to take an enormous number of pictures. Classifying and selecting is a task that lasts a while. I have yet to see all the images I took during 8 days.

In a previous post I supplied some additional information about the Hood Mockingbird.

Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D IF-ED + TC14
280mm
1/640
f/13
ISO 400
0 EV
No Flash
Program Normal
Date and Time (Original) 2010:08:25 08:28:12 AM

As always critiques are very welcome.

Claude

Claude:

An attractive fellow with big feet.
The shooting angle, looking down on him is less than ideal, but perhaps unavoidable.
He looks a bit over processed to me,. I think part of the effect is caused by all the bright highlights in the background, esp. just in front of the bird.

I might try to tone those down, and possibly soften the contrast of the image a bit.

The bokeh of the highlights is a bit harsh.

A larger f/stop might have helped throw the background out of focus a bit more.

Thanks for sharing, look forward to more from this wonderful place.

Thanks for your membership support too!

Randy

It is indeed an attractive bird, and that whole Galapagos adventure must have been something special! I agree with Randy that there is something odd going on here in the BG, and I also agree with his other suggestions. I also find that the sharpening is strong, and would prefer the bird not looking away. Exposure looks good, and I like the lava perch - very neat.