Scott's Oriole

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

This Scott's Oriole was photographed at Madera Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon, AZ.

CC's welcome and always appreciated.

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-520 IS, Zuiko 70-300 ED
Aperture Priority
F/6.3, 1/400s
ISO 400
Auto WB
600mm focal length, hand held

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Watercolor Painting done with Corel photo essentials 4.

Uncle Gus aka MP

[Alfred Forns]

I like what you are doing with these Gus !! It does take a strong base image for the creation !!!

For the original can suggest to lower the exposure, the wing whites have no detail ...... I know it will affect the blacks but that is anther story !!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Uncle Gus,
I like the composition, need to run some noise reduction on the background; also might want to tone down the hot whites on the tip of the wing...:D:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I've never seen a Scotts Oriole before. Good comp. It looks like the perch just ends in mid air

[Julie Kenward]

You've also got one boat load of noise on that first image. Did you do a big crop on this? The bird is very nice (except for those white patches) but the BG...noisy!!!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Jules:
Yep! Very large crop to bring up long shot to decent size . . . Toned down a mite, pass of Noiseware Pro . . .Prints out good as notecard . . . .

Uncle Gus

[Harold Davis]

good idea on the notecards!! i bet they do look good! i like the treatments here! looks fantastic!!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent details uncle Gus. I actually like the original post. Great colors and good background.