Blue Dacnis

[Kester Clarke]

A male Blue Dacnis I photographed yesterday.

No Setup or Feeders

6D + 500L V1 + 1.4x II + Tripod
AV Mode: ƒ/8, 1/320s, ISO 1600, +1/3EV

The flash failed to fire at this moment


Cleaned up the eye, removed distracting twigs, Levels, Curves, Viveza & Dfine, Smart sharpen on bird only.

Suggestions and advice appreciated.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image of handsome bird. Beautiful colors with superfine sharpness, nice lights,lovely BG and composition.
Wish, tail was not behind the perch.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful bird with nice details and great colours. Pops nicely against the bright BG. The perch is not ideal as it is large and oof (with no food or setup you are at the subject's perch-choosing mercy)...at very least I wish the subject had perched atop of it to see the legs and feet. Comp-wise I give a bit more room at right as the "virtual tail" is clipped or close to it.

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice pose and colors.

[Kaido Rummel]

Really nice colors, BG, pose and sharpness. I would like to see the legs and tail, but it's actually not a big problem here. Great shot!
P.S. Kester, I am big fan of your homepage - a lot of excellent images of beautiful and exotic (for me) creatures.

[Kester Clarke]

Thanks everyone.