Red Crossbill
Taken at Clifford E. Lee Nature Sanctuary, Parkland County, Alberta, Canada. There was a feeder setup directly below the perch. Did some clean up (removing some OOF branches) on the background; removed the extra catchlight from the flash.
Canon EOS 5D2 | Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS + Kenko 1.4x Teleplus PRO 300 DGX + Canon Extender EF 1.4x II
Manual mode, 1/1600 sec., f/8, ISO 400, E-TTL Flash with Better Beamer @ -2
All C&Cs are welcome!
Thanks,
Raymond
Great image, especially with the use of stacked teleconverters. A really nice clean back ground to. Although I don't consider myself an expert, my only comment is really with the perch lacking a bit of interest. Other than that, a cracking image and wish it was one of mine.
Wonderful image of a crossbill Raymond, only wish for a better perch.
Excellent bird nice image, Raymond. I tried your stacked extenders for BIF and it worked well. Thanks for the tip.
I'm with Mike on the perch, but overall it's well done.
Thanks! The perch above was a natural perch off the tree. There was a thinner perch setup half a meter below the bird, but the bird didn't like it, and the angle was not so great IMHO.
No problem! I think it works pretty well, and I've got various BIFs (from raptors to songbirds) with very little issues. The quality is just as good as a straight 2x TC.Originally Posted by Karl Egressy
Cheers,
Raymond
Nice image over all, great BG and details
Beautiful image of nice looking bird.Love the pose with cross bill,colors,sharpness,BG and composition.
Regards,
Satish.
Admittedly the broken perch catches my eye a little, perhaps darken the brighter area a little. Bird is nicely posed and like the light hitting the beak, it certainly shows well where it gets it name from. The bird does look just a little soft and a little grainy, but still some nice detail showing through so quite acceptable as is
Great bird with lovely colors & pose. Excellent sharpness with stacked TCs.
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