Mockingbird

[James Salywoda]

Mockingbird
Southern,California

Well a break from the raptor shots here is what I think is a young Mockingbird in transition to adult plumage.

Nikon D300 AFS600 F4


Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

A special bird. Love the BG and eye contact. The perch seems cumbersome, is this a set-up? Can you share more details like ISO rating and f/?

[James Salywoda]

A special bird. Love the BG and eye contact. The perch seems cumbersome, is this a set-up? Can you share more details like ISO rating and f/?

Thanks! No setup here I was setup for flight shots when this Mockingbird flew on this perch.:) just a grab shot.
Techs: ISO 500 F6.3 1/1600

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Thanks! No setup here I was setup for flight shots when this Mockingbird flew on this perch.:) just a grab shot.
Techs: ISO 500 F6.3 1/1600

James

Thank you for the extra info.

[Michael Zajac]

Love it! The pose and BG are great. Nice perch in a natural setting.

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice, I like the complimentary colors of the breast and the background. Good perch, HA and eye. Sharp, but it could use a bit more DOF to get the tail sharper.

[Doug Brown]

Like the perch and BG Jim. A bit more eye contact would be nice.

[Stu Bowie]

James, your comp works well, and I like the angle of the mockingbird. Lovely complimentary colours in the BG.

[denise ippolito]

James, Very natural looking perch and pose. I love the eye on Mockingbirds and this one really shines. Nicely done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful colors and BG. SH is good too, agree with slightly better HA

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Interesting perch and good complementing BG. I might lower the midtones a bit.

[Danny J Brown]

Hi James: I'm with Denise on the eye. Mockingbirds have a very distinct eye color. I only noticed that this week when I photographed one and it has that same interesting eye color as yours, which by the way matches your background nicely. Your shot is beautifully sharp and well done as usual. Take care.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image , lovely compo and BG
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved this james Bhai, nice light, good BG and details.. congrats..

[Matt Vosniak]

Great look at the eye James. I love the weathered looking perch and the birds position on it. You timed your capture well. I am curious though as to what the bg pink color is. The color is similar to your Sharp Shinned Hawk image and is a very pretty color. I just wondered what it was.

[James Salywoda]

I am curious though as to what the bg pink color is. The color is similar to your Sharp Shinned Hawk image and is a very pretty color. I just wondered what it was.

Thanks all for the nice coments as to the background Matt its some dirt off in the distance as I am shooting
off a cliffs edge....:D

[Danny Laredo]

James, Love the pose BG and sharpness here. Good detail too.