Nothern Mockingbird

[Rob Mckenzie]

no.4
Happy Christmas everyone. Christmas is very strange in Florida!!
D300, 70-300mm
1/1000 at f 5.6
ISO 200
0ev

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Rob,
I like the base image. There are a few points that we need to address. The capture angle is too steep, the head angle and eye contact are off. Your perch is a bit over powering and you have uneven lighting; thats why you have shadows on the upper and lower portions of the bird. I modified your composition into a pano crop, opened up the mid-tones, and selective sharpened the eye area, boosted saturation and contrast...see if this presents well with you...:cool:

[Rob Mckenzie]

I much prefer the composition with less of the perch now I see it like that. Is the beak now looking very blurred? Or is that just me?

[Gus Cobos]

My apology Rob,
I was blurring out the background and got carried away...I touched the bill by mistake...:cool:

[Rob Mckenzie]

Oh hey no worries...as I said I really like the new composition.

[denise ippolito]

Rob, Nice shot !! Gus' repost is great!! Gus covered everything so your set.
Happy Holidays!!

[Desmond Chan]

All covered and no more to add from me. I'm supposed to pay a mockingbird a visit myself. Thanks for sharing your photo and now I know what to look for :)

Merry Christmas !

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent re post Gus !!!

Rob those guys are common but by no means an easy target. Personally don't have many of them !!! As presented a little fill flash would have made a difference and don't forget to raise the ISO if needed. The D300 does perform well !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Everything covered here Rob by everyone else. You exposure looks good and the BG is great. Also like the repost by Gus to pano and a little sharpening of the eye.