It had been a while since my last outing, but this weekend did not disappoint! Pine Grosbeaks and waxwings (both species) were on the menu. They like cluttered settings, but once in a while an individual cooperates by moving to the outer edges of the fruit trees for a cleaner view. I would tentatively age this one as a young male...the adult males are red (I did not see any), and the females paler plus grayer on the belly.
Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/6.3, ISO 400 (histogram cheked), natural light, handheld, an OOF twig running across the frame behind the subject (chest high) cloned/patched out, and another OOF twig cloned out in LLC. I do wish the shadow on the tail was not there, but I'll take it as is.
You could not have done any better. Love the parallel lines and the fruit. Good luck with a male! Delayed in Houston....
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Hi Dan, love the pose of the grosbeak, especially that he leanes parallel to the adjoining twig. Good light, and I like the detail and colours on him. The feeding behaviour adds to the image.
Love it Daniel. It's terrific the way the bird's angle echos the vertical branch. It looks like the bird used the crotch of the branch to stash part of the fruit. Great techs and I know it's not easy to find such a nice background. I might consider removing the two, small twigs above the main perch to the left of the bird.
Pine Grosbeak.
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