Eastern Meadowlark

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
100-400mm
1/500 sec. at f/6.3
ISO 160
HH

[Gus Cobos]

Well done Lady Denise,
I like the up close pose. I would selective sharpen the eye just a tad...good show. The yellows are in check with good sharp details; and the color rendition is good...:cool:

[Gail Spitler]

Denise - Very nice. Are these guys still around New Jersey?
Gail

[Alfred Forns]

Real nice Denise Agree with Gus and just softer light would have been better !!!! I like how you gave a little more room to the left side !!!

[Jeni Williams]

Like the image Denise - nice and sharp with a super bg!!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Denise - lots to like about this one- like your compo and the BG, agree with Gus on sharpening the eye a tad.

well done :)

[Julie Kenward]

What everyone else has said seems on the mark to me. That right area on the breast looks a little "hot" because of the lighting. You might try to desaturate it just a touch or use a reverse "s" curve to bring it down a bit and then use a mask to put everything else back where it was originally.

Lovely expression and pose you captured. Alfred is right - the spacing on the left to keep the bird off center was well done and nicely seen.

[Nonda Surratt]

Lovely birds..You did really well especially with the yellow! Really like the birds position in the frame, good going! Everything else covered

[Harold Davis]

another beauty denise!! an overstreet meadowlark? agree on the light. other than that a lovely image!!!!!

[denise ippolito]

Harold, This was shot last year on overstreet. I took over 3000 images there last year and have just started getting to more of them

[Phil Ertel]

I like the pose and colors are great. I also like the placement of the bird in frame. All my suggestions have been covered.

Regards,

Phil

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent pose and background D. Love the close up on this one.
Congrats,