Male and Female Buntings

[Rod Wiley]

This image was created by using the mini feeder. The two shots were taken only monents apart. The advantage of getting the birds to pose where you want them is being able to overlay them to show both male and female in one shot.

D300
SB 800 mounted on a stand
200-400 vr
ISO 200
1/80 th f 9

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[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the head angles and soft light and might sharpen the birds a bit more, particularly the heads. I find the bright spots in the BG a bit distracting.

[Rod Wiley]

Axel on my Lacie monitor and in print their both sharp, maybe its a web thing, here's a cut out of the heads. Thanks Rod

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Rod,

Very nice. Love the head angle and colors!

[Sid Garige]

A very unique image Rod. Very well done.

[Juan Aragonés]

Very good image for a plate in a birding book. I agree with Axel about the BG that is a little bit distracting but the birds are sharp for sure. Superb eye contact and pose of both birds. Very good job

[Daniel Cadieux]

Was the light different for each image? I ask because of the different pupil sizes and reflections in your cropped re-post.

Although said repost is indeed sharp, if you didn't sharpen for your resized version you will often end up with less than perfect result for posting. It's a good idea to sharpen AFTER resizing :-)

[Rod Wiley]

Could be, the oak tree is right above them and that may have changed the reflection some.I use bicubic sharpen when sizing down. Thanks