Mourning Dove Spotlighted

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks

Returned home just before sunset last night, rounded the corner and found this Mourning Dove just looking at me. I walked into the house for my camera, and it was still sitting there with a "What took you so long" look about it when I returned.

CC's invited & appreciated

Best regards

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-620, Zuiko 70-300 mm @ 400mm
AP F/5.6, 1/100s, -0.70ev, Auto WB

Having rushed to get the camera, I had it set to previous shoot. If I had been thinking I would have set EV to 0.00 and aperture to F/6.3?

[Richard Waas]

Gus, I love the detail and soft colors of this image. The BG is beautiful. IMHO I would crop the bottom reflection since it cuts thru the head and eye. Maybe also a little off the top and make it more of a horizontal than vertical. Fabulous capture.... Congrats!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Richard

Thanks for looking and your kind comment and heads up on the crop. I took your advice.
First I cropped it to take rim of bird bath out of corner and extended left side. Then using rectangular marquee I selected left side about half inch top to bottom. Then using Transform I dragged part marqueed out to extended crop.

I think it looks much better . . . what do you think?

Appreciate your suggestion

Uncle Gus

[Mark Young]

The repost looks much nicer. Nice eye contact.

[Richard Waas]

I love it.....

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Much better, detail good for low shutter - TFS.

[Lance Peters]

Repost is much better Gus - Like the eye contact and the sweet light.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like the repost and the soft light Gus.

[Peter Farrell]

I like the soft light and details. The repost is nice but if you got the whole reflection a portrait crop including the reflection would be nice.