From the same session as the one I posted a few days ago. Aside from traditional branch perches I also setup this stump that I found nearby, and hand-sprinkled some snow on it. A tray of seeds below and voilą!
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/250s., f/4, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, just about FF (very minor crop to tweak the comp), eye work, a few specks spot-removed on the bill and on the neck feathers.
Hi Dan, I remember these birds from my time in New Hampshire. They always arrived at the bird feeders with a snow storm. Beautiful bird, nice perch and background. Very nice color palette to the image. My first impression when opening the image was that the shape and angle of the bird might show better in a horizontal. That being said I am sure you chose the vertical to accentuate the perch. Lovely image, thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Awesome frame. So envious of you ability to do set-ups with these wonderful birds. Exposure, detail, and head angle are perfect, and I think you did a great job with the stumpy perch.
I guess a 4x5 crop might be tough is this is already close to full frame. I'd just like a bit more room at left, near the tail.
Stumped Evening Grosbeak.
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