This nice male rose breasted grosbeak, is one of 3 or 4 hanging around my feeders. Sometimes 3 of them will try to hit the same feeder at a time, which always makes for some fun squabbles.
This particular fellow sat so pretty for me. His plumage is about as good as it gets in my experience for these fellows. Some of the younger males have more white flecking in their black areas, particularly the head.
D300 500mm f/4 at 7.1 1/640s ISO 640 -.7 EV SB800 with beamer -1.3 Gitzo Wim V2
Very nice image of this bird. Lovely BG and pose. I only find the compo. too tight for me. I would suggest adding canvas all around and may be to tone down the perch a bit.
Color rendition in this one is hard to be believed!
Thanks for your comments. I have lots of canvas here, and in fact my original go had about 15% more on all sides, but I couldn't really appreciate some of the fine detail in the bird, so cropped it tighter to increase his size in the frame.
From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I think you are right.
No sat. boost in this guy. This is how he really looks in the soft light.
Randy, I feel your comp is fine, although having said that, a little more on left would help. Excellent exposure on both the blacks and reds, two of the most difficult colours to get right. This is nice and sharp too. Well captured.
Hey Randy, the little extra on the left works for me in your repost (original ), but as far as the bottom is concerned, I would stick to your post on top.
I much prefer the looser crop. Perfect exposure. Great looking individual with a large bright bib (I see lots of them up with fainter, incomplete ones). Have you thought about using the patch tool on the the white particles on the head and face?
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