Verdin
Canon 7D
Canon 500/4 + 1.4X
1/5000 sec f/5.6 ISO 640
Levels, crop for comp, sharpening in CS6
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Verdin
Canon 7D
Canon 500/4 + 1.4X
1/5000 sec f/5.6 ISO 640
Levels, crop for comp, sharpening in CS6
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This is excellent Ian! I almost love the perch as much as the bird :)
Doug
Excellent detail capture! Interesting pose but with no face it's hard to tell at first what I was looking at - a headless bird?!
A fun image with nice details-especially like the dandelion seeds around the perch. The hotspot to the right and that stray line to the left could be removed or toned down. There's also a sharpening halo on the right edges of the bird, output sharpening related?
Thanks, all. Missed that halo, darnit .... came up when I was sharpening for the web and easy to fix.
Cute, FUN.... great techs! ... and "begging" for more captions!![]()
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Ian really like the composition and the perch but it looks over sharpened a bit. Milkweed seed is interesting.
Different and very nice, but it has an over-sharpened look in the fine feathers. I'd like to see it with a bit more room all around, and with the leaf on the left edge removed.
Hi Ian
A fun image that would be good for a caption contest. I like the detail in the feathers.