Tombstone Thrush

[Ilija Dukovski]

Taken at the Dell, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge MA.
I was trying to get a Gray-cheeked thrush that is present
at the cemetery. Not much luck with that one, but a
wood thrush is a great bird too.

Nikon D80, Nikkor 300mm TC1.4 f/5.6 1/60 ISO400
Flash as main light SB800 + BB
Crop, adjusted levels, sharpened, noise-reduction in BG.

Critique appreciated.

[Kim Rollins]

Good capture of one I have not seen.



Unusual Color cast seems present in image as a whole.

[Jim Fenton]

Love the bird (I've never seen one in person).

That being said, the bright areas behind the bird (low) leading down toward the lower right and the bright areas to the upper right of center distract IMO.

The bird itself could be lighter and there appears to be a greenish color cast, no doubt due the shady location and surrounding foliage.

[Dave Phillips]

looks like a nice environment for small birds.
Agree with Kim that there is a color cast. I see yellow/green
and it may well be from light filtered through the new growth
of green leaves overhead.

[Kim Rollins]

Though the cast appears to be green doesn't mean that it is. The color histogram reads Yellow Cast to Shadows and Yellow Cast to HL.

Here is a re-post of it worked in two parts for correction of each of those cast parts.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Repost looks better IMO, I agree also that your should tone down the bright areas, but overall, very nicely composed, with nice pose, detail, and bg. Congratulations.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you for the comments,
Agree I got green cast from the foliage,
not surprising for late May forest in NE US.

I tried my correction by focusing on the tombstone which
should be neutral gray granite. Kim thanks for the repost, I think you focused on the
whites, which is fine, but I think you got magenta cast on the granite.
In any case here's my correction, any further comments would be appreciated.

Cheers, Ilija