Last light

[Grace Scalzo]

To all my BPN friends. I have enjoyed your company in 2014 and wish us all good light and good subjects in 2015.

Imaged Friday night in some of the nicest light that I have ever seen. Some may prefer a natural perch but this is quite representative of where I live. Note that jpeg is giving me some trouble with the reds....uncompressed file has more detail in the bird's beautiful face.

1/400, f 5.6, iso1600
Canon 1dx, 600 f4 + 1.4tc + rrs tripod

[Mike Poole]

Great shot Grace, This reminds me of a night last year shooting deer when the son was incredibly red, so I'm glad you've kept the colours true to how they were presented to you. I love the graduated background, and the subject is one of those I never tire of seeing

[Marina Scarr]

This is such a stunner, Grace, and I love the perch and light here!

[gail bisson]

Love the light in this image.
IQ is excellent as always.
Love the pink band that runs along the bottom of the frame.
Not a huge fan of the perch but do like the diagonal line it creates.
Gail

[Tiago Caravana]

Love the stunning light!!!
It's true that the perch is not natural, but it's repetition creates a nice pattern

[Bill Dix]

Stunning is indeed the word! Just gorgeous. Wonderful last light, great head turn, beautiful dusky background and good techs. I rather like the snow fence as a graphic element.

[Jim Neiger]

Beautiful moody image, Grace.

[Karl Egressy]

Amazing light , excellent image, Grace. The snow fence as a perch works very well here.

[Randy Stout]

Grace:

Good comments above. Agree about the graphic element from the repeating lines of perch. To play up that effect, I might consider a modest crop from the top. Yes, a bit squarer, but the diagonal lines are so strong that that isn't an issue to my eye.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the light, exposure and band at the bottom ties in the fence and lighting effect. Well done Grace.

[keith mitchell]

Grace just to add my bit, it's beautiful, that pink light is something else.

Keith.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image in wonderful lights. Very nice pose. I like the perch though man-made.
I never get images on good perch
Is this light called as twilight...where whole sky is illuminated with pink or yellow lights?
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

I echo all the positives above. A truly unique image. A rare one where a man made perch is working well for me.

Happy holidays and all the best to you Grace.

[William Dickson]

Well done Grace. All been said. Fantastic light. Thanks for sharing

[David Salem]

That was my favorite one! Just beautiful light Grace. Well done.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful light Grace , truly beautiful