Corn Bunting chorus

[shane shacaluga]

I went to test my new 600 f4 lens yesterday. I drove to an area where we get plenty of corn buntings at this time of year. The birds were a bit skittish and mostly on wire fences

After a bit of moving in my car I found this one on a suitable perch

I had to add the 1.4x TC to get a nice frame filling shot

D800e
600f4 VR + 1.4x TCiii
f7.1
1/1000
ISO 400

Center weighted metering in Manual mode. Resting lens on window. Single focus spot on the eye. Cropped for composition and slight selective sharpening on subject

Comments and critiques welcome

Thanks for viewing

[dankearl]

Shane, I have to say if you want comments on the lens, this does not look that sharp to me....

[shane shacaluga]

Seems to have lost a lot when i have downsized it. The original is showing a lot more detail than this one. Will check amd see if i can find out why. Thanks for the feedback.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice singing pose captured, Shane. Great for the motif.

[David Salem]

Awesome calling pose, perfect perch and what a great looking BG. I agree, the frame looks a bit soft as presented. More sharpening? Try downsizing and saving the file, then reopen the downsized file and sharpen it, then save for the web. Nice capture Shane.

[Girish Prahalad]

Save for the sharpness, everything else looks perfect. Would think it is more of a processing issue.

[shane shacaluga]

Thanks for the comments. Will RP this evening

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ditto the softness as posted - but it looks properly focused. Surely a resizing issue. I also see a cyan-ish cast...try adding a couple of points of reds in PS "Color Balance" to even it out and bring more warmth to the image. I really like the singing pose, and it chose a nicely weathered fence post to sing from.

[shane shacaluga]

Thanks to all of you for your comments

Here is a RP with a bit of extra care when resizing and sharpening. Did a couple of rounds of sharpening at small increments. Never know if I have sharpened enough or overdone it

[William Dickson]

The second post is looking good Shane. Great looking pose and HA. The details on the bird are lovely. The perch looks great as does the BG. Thanks for reposting

Will

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Very nice singing pose, beautiful colors, great details and beautiful composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the singing pose, HA, clean BG, composition and complimentary perch. The repost is an improvement in sharpness but on the edge of being crunchy. Nice image Shane.

[David Salem]

Much better but right on the edge so now you know your limitations. Good job.

[shane shacaluga]

Thanks again for your comments


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