I had finished my day and I was packing it in when I heard this call that I found vaguely familiar. Robin-like, but not quite it. More "raspy", with a few different notes. Then it clicked...Scarlet Tanager! I quickly setup again, and tried to call it in....and sure enough it did come. Not on my selected perch though, but a couple of others of its choice that turned out OK anyhow. The light was already harsher than I prefer, and most images had heavy shadows on the belly with blocked details....this pose, however, kinda hid the worse of the shadows. All the more reason to go back next time I have a chance!!
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/640s., f/7.1, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, lots of desaturation of the reds, toned down the highlights on the perch, minor bill clean up. Audio used.
These are such spectacular birds, and tough to get right as Karl noted. Good job on the reds. Good head turn. The green bg really sets him off, and I like the neutral perch. Nicely done.
Karl and Bill are right, colors look great on a bird whose reds are difficult to get right. I also like the natural perch. This really inspires me to try to get a shot of these I'm not afraid to show in public!
Wonderful capture Daniel, superb IQ and I love the composition/presentation. The colours are striking, I just cannot take my eyes off this image - congratulations!
Wow Daniel a lovely little color firework .
Like the pose , the BG ...... for sure the saturated colors , very vibrant bot not overdone!!
Lovely details ..... to sum it up .
Scarlet Tanager.
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