Perches Eastern Phoebe-what do you think?

[arash_hazeghi]

I think this is an Eastern Phoebe, please correct me if I am wrong.



I am interested to know what do you think about this image, I have removed part of the perch that was intersecting with tail. Also how much of a crop do you think this is?

5D MKII + 500f/4 + 1.4X TC f/7.1 1/2500sec ISO 1600.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Looks like a Say's Phoebe. Assuming you made this in California, Eastern Phoebes are further East.

I like the head angle and BG. The perch works for me but the bird looks a bit oversharpened on my monitor.

[Alfred Forns]

Will be interesting to see the final results !! Agree with Axel, just a bit over sharpened !!

[David Thomasson]

I like everything I see ... light, shadow, colors, pose, even the sharpness. The only change I would make is to lop off the stem beneath the tail, just for the sake of composition.

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks guys, I will redo sharpening and post again, Thanks Dave the perch looks better now!!!

[arash_hazeghi]

here is a repost with half sharpening amount




What do you think now?

Axel, you're probably right, the wiki page shows Eastern Phoebe in the list of Cali birds but might just be occasional sightings. Cute little bird!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The less sharpened version looks much better on my monitor.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nice one, love the fine feather detail, colors and composition/perch is unique. Exposure techs look good as well - TFS - well done. Wow, the 5DII can handle the high ISO!

[arash_hazeghi]

answer is less than 20%, here is the original out of camera