Bluethroat (Luscinia_svecica) female

[Holger Leyrer]

Hi,

one of my favorite birds.



Canon 1D MKIV * Canon EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM + 1.4x * f/6.3 * 1/640s * ISO 800 * Berlebach Wood-Tripod * Sachtler Fluid Head

All comments welcome

[keith mitchell]

Holger love the crisp neat head and it's smashing Blue throat and interesting Bg ,bit more detail on the tail would be icing on the cake, it would be lovely to have everything as we would like it ,super looking image.


Cheers Keith.

[Bill Dix]

Pretty bird and background. Sharp where it matters. Work on training him to pose parallel to the sensor plane.

[David Salem]

Nice looking shot Holger. I like the birds colors and the HA looks great too. Nice and sharp on the head. Looks like you were pretty close with that 800mm and the 1.4 which left the DOF fairly narrow. Nice capture.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Beautiful colors, nice eye contact, focus where it counts (more of the body in focus would have been nice but this is a keeper regardless!). Rarely easy to photograph these small birds sensibly but you've had the right equipment with you. Well done!

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and BG, you caught this little fellow in a good position. I wish for more DOF to at least get the feet sharper.

[Holger Leyrer]

pretty close with that 800mm and the 1.4 which left the DOF fairly narrow

Ups, It is my error. The row with the specified capture values is copied and pasted from another of my images. All specified values are ok but not 1.4x. Sorry.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Holger neat shot with pleasing BKG.
Not sure about the WB , way too red/magenta i think ? .

TFS Andreas

[keith mitchell]

Holger we learn all the time on this forum, the point Andreas as raised re the( red/magenta )is valid the more I look at your image, but still wish it was mine.

Keith.

[Satish Ranadive]

Hi Holger,
Magnificent image of my favorite bird. Beautiful color scheme with nice back drop and details on bird.
This is migrant to our area.

Regards,
Satish.

[Holger Leyrer]

Not sure about the WB , way too red/magenta i think ? .

Hi Andreas,

i like it a little bit warmer. Works this one better?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Holger , color is just subjective , we all see things different from to time .
My view is as per RP .
In PS CC i adjusted the WB in ACR , levels adjustment in PS , selective color adjustment (+ 5 blacks to the neutrals ) and hue /sat adjustment (- 10 yellows)

Hope that helps , you must not like it , just to give a different view .

Cheers Andreas

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I will stay with the orinal post of yours!
Lovely bird, so colourful and with such a nice pose! BG is super special for me as it shows some nice hues. TFS!

[christopher galeski]

nice capture Holgar,like your first post best.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a sweet little bird! Love the pose, perch, BG. The bits of leaves add a lot, although I'd give a bit more canvas at left for the closest leaf being close to the edge I too thought the OP (and your repost) has a magenta cast. For my version I added 12 points of greens and 2 points of cyans in Color Balance:

[Holger Leyrer]

Hi Daniel,

thank you for your work. It looks better as my posts.
For my homepage i will rework the image.

[Craig Brelsford]

The lack of DOF leaves me longing for a slightly sharper look. A favorite bird of mine, and a super image.