Skinny snow bunting in the arctic

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11-16-2010, 05:31 PM
Charles Daigle

Skinny snow bunting in the arctic

This little fellow posed for me for about 10 seconds! Managed to get a keeper, I think :D

Olympus E3
300/2.8 + EC20 (600mmFL@F5.7)
1/640
ISO640
+0.7eV

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/...5c82b20c_b.jpg
11-16-2010, 06:38 PM
kenn threed

Never seen one of these Charles... either irl or in any photo. What a tiny beak! :)

Pretty good detail, but perhaps a bit oversharpened.
Not crazy about the perch but I would sure have taken this shot too anyway.
Some strange-ness around the borders of the bird... processing?
Excellent bg.

Kenn
11-16-2010, 06:59 PM
Jeff Parker

The bird doesn't look oversharpened to me. There is something weird going on around the edge of the bird though.
11-16-2010, 07:14 PM
Nick Palmieri

I am debating if this is over sharpened or if you masked this out and did some BG work??? Very neat looking bird. TFS How big is this guy??
11-16-2010, 07:14 PM
Charles Daigle

Ok, I'm working on a re-edit right now, but are you guys referring to the "halo" around it's tail? That's how it came out straight from the camera, so perhaps it's because of the angle/shallow DOF?
11-16-2010, 07:33 PM
Alan Murphy

Nice shot of this Juvenile. Wish for a natural perch.
11-16-2010, 07:52 PM
Charles Daigle

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Palmieri

I am debating if this is over sharpened or if you masked this out and did some BG work??? Very neat looking bird. TFS How big is this guy??

Nick, I have not touched the BG whatsoever. The bird is about 3-4 inches tall. It was mating season when I took this image (this summer).

Here is the edit. I think what you guys were referring to was on its back correct? I saw some PP artifacts there and learned something about LR3. When I originally dodged the back feathers, I had the "feather" feature to about 30%, it created some weird artifacts, so I am very happy that you pointed that out. I re-edited it without the "feather" slider, and I like the results much better. I also adjusted the WB for the actual color on that day (around 2AM, remember, land of the midnight sun). Better/worst?

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...09/tweet11.jpg

I've been slammed about the perch before, nothing I can do about it now, it's the land of NO sun now!