Eastern Kingbird on Wire

[Richard Stern]

I took this out of my car window a couple of weeks ago. A natural perch would have been nicer, but they do love to perch on barbed wire, and the bird didn't want to budge.

D7000, 300 f/4 AF-S + TCE14 II, hand-held, supported against open car window frame.

1/1250, f/10, ISO640, -2/3EV, pattern metering, no flash. Processed in LR4 and PSE9. Background selectively blurred and desaturated.

I'm finding that the 1.4TC gives a better iq with this lens than the 1.7, with less pp sharpening needed, even at the expense of slightly shorter reach.

Thanks for looking and comments.

Richard

[dankearl]

This is very nice Richard.
The bird is perfectly exposed, sharp and the rusted wire has some character.
A nice BG to go along with it.

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful image showing side and dorsal view. Very nice composition.
Light looks little bright. Is it big crop? Details in the whites are lacking.
Love the pose,colors and perch though not natural looks good.

Regards,
Satish.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Great detail and BG. Might take a touch of the bottom. Love the wire perch.