Here's another look at this gorgeous bird on the same charred stump. I like the fact we can still see a bit of the yellow under the tail (this, by the way, is the "Yellow-shafted" race we get here in eastern North America with the west getting the "Red-shafted" one). By moving just a couple of inches left or right I was able to change the colour of the background and introduce some greens in it (see my previous post for comparison)...something to keep in mind when looking through your camera's viewfinder.
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/8, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, almost FF, eye work, perch clean up, audio used to lure the subject in.
What an amazing bird ! The colors and patterns look like thev've been stuck on !!.
And that's the first black perch I,ve seen !!
Great suff Daniel.
Cheers
JohnR
PS Looking at it again maybe the brightness of the bird could be dropped a tad ?
No big deal
Wow, audio worked?! Impressive. I've had zero luck with audio on this species. Blind? Gorgeous image in all regards and the yellow shaft peeking through on the tail feathers is the icing on the cake here imo...Unique perch makes this one memorable.
Hey Shawn, yes, I was surprised too as I've tried it with them many times without success. For what it's worth I used the "interaction" call here. No blind used, but it came from behind me and from that perspective I was semi-hidden by some tall bushes.
Your two recent Flicker images are great, a beautifully colored bird, nicely shown. My only wish would be that the forest recovers quickly and they are back to having normal dead snags and the insects that go with them.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
That's a really nice Flicker shot Daniel. The pose looks awesome and that smooth BG makes the bird pop off the screen. The little bit of yellow adds to the image and the unique charred wood perch is really cool. Very well done.