Snow Bunting

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Utah Lake State Park. Snow Bunting is another rarity for us.
I was crawling on the Dike road with my rig and flash set up holding the camera inches above the ground.




Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 500 PF + 1.4 x TCIII
1/500 sec; f/8; ISO 1600
Manual; Matrix metering
Fill Flash, Flash Manual 1/8 Power

Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P 20
Cropped to straighten the image
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation


Let me know your thoughts and comments.

[Brian Sump]

Krishna, the tones here are really pretty.

Beautiful look at the feathers and very nice head angle. Subject looks tack sharp and love a bit of food in mouth.

The image appears a bit underexposed on both screens - I think 1/3-1/2 stop bump in brightness might help. And unfortunately, not having the tip of the tail nor feet take away from the frame.

Otherwise nice.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the posr and the HA wish we could see the feet and tail. whites are a bit grey on my screen, would increase exp.

TFS

[gail bisson]

This is so pretty Krishna. Love how the BG grasses match and compliment the bunting.
Agree that seeing the tail would have been good but still think this is a beautiful frame.
Perfect HA too.
I cannot get close to these guys. We currently have large flocks but they take off the minute you look at them!
Gail

[William Dickson]

Have to agree with the above...needs to be brighter...worth doing as the frame looks real good.

Will