Pine Grosbeak (female)

[Mike Lentz]

Taken last weekend in northern Minnesota at an area extremely reliable to see them at... the Sax-Zim bog area.



ISO 500 ~ F/5.6 ~ = 1/3 EV ~ 1/250 sec ~ Flash w/Beamer
Nikon D200 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 w/1.4x TC

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, details, perch and BG. Maybe just a bit more space at the top. I'm wondering if a bit more saturation and/or contrast would improve it. Maybe something like this:

[Tony Whitehead]

Dynamic pose and composition, Mike. Good use of DOF and lovely BG. I would be tempted to clone out the little white spots (?snow)

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto what Tony said. Very elegant. I prefer the re-post, esp. the canvas added at the top. My lone complaint: that you've cut off the lovely curved perch with the bottom frame edge...

Later and love, artie

[Blake Shadle]

Really nice work, Mike. I like what Axel has done to improve the image. Artie brings up a good point about compositional elements ending in the frame.

[Fabs Forns]

Hi MIke, nice image, I vote for the repost also and Artie got my point about the perch. Next time :)

[Mike Lentz]

Good points! Thanks gang!

[Glenn Bartley]

Great perch and pose for this one. Axel did a great job on the repost.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Gorgeous shot already, but Axels repost is just perfect....Excellent