Pectoral sandpiper portrait

[Grace Scalzo]

From early this morning. A big crop that seems to have held up quite well from the 5Dmk3.

1/1600, f8, iso800
Canon 5Dmk3, 500 f4 + 1.4tc + blubb from car as blind

[Mike Milicia]

Don't see too many portraits of these guys!
Lovely detail and BG ... very nicely done!

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent close up. Detail is superb, very nice light, and I really like the comp.
Very well done.

[Randy Stout]

Grace:

Yes, IQ held up well. Sharp without being crunchy on the fine feathers, nice head position, catchlight, like the varied colors in the background. Good DOF.

Cheers

Randy

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet portrait! Would love to see the original as this crop looks very good - curious to see what the 5D3 can do....

[Jack Breakfast]

I too would love to see the original, if you don't mind sharing. Consumer research. Grace, this is a lovely shot. Beautiful light and detail, and as Mike pointed out...most unusual. Unusual is good!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Held up well is an understatement. Super head shot with great light and very fine detail.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Grace, super pose, and just love the feather detail. Good DOF throughout the Sandpiper, and I really like the varied BG.

[gail bisson]

Lovely portrait.
I like the sharpness throughout the entire bird,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

So well done and so clean, Grace. Love the details and the sharpness, and the BG really works well here.

[Don Nelson]

Beautiful Grace! Well done -- extremely crisp and great background colors as well.

[David Salem]

Great detail and exposure. I also like the mottled BG. Tack sharp feather detail.. Very Nice.

David

[dankearl]

Excellent portrait, very nice detail and BG color.
An unusual look at this bird, interesting and pretty.

[Bill Dix]

Detail is striking, as is the BG. Squarish comp works well. Congrats on such a great shot of this species, which continues to elude me.

[Grace Scalzo]

Several of you requested seeing the original. Here it is...nothing done at all, just sized, changed color profile and saved as a jpeg. I try generally to crop very minimally, but may change my tune somewhat with this camera.

[Melissa Groo]

Wowee, that is a beautiful portrait, Grace. And what an endorsement for the crop capability of your wonderful new toy. Such exceptional detail, sharpness, and love those colors in the background.

[Ofer Levy]

Pretty amazing you cropped so much and still got such quality!

[Jack Breakfast]

Thank you for sharing the original, Grace. Photographers today are LUCKY, I'm sure we can all agree there...

[Grace Scalzo]

I'm so mixed about cropping this much and still prefer not to. This came about from looking at the file closely and discovering what it contained. Certainly not all my 5Dmk3 images are capable of this.