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    Default Common Bird - Brown-headed Cowbird

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    D90; 80-400 VR @ 400mm. ISO 800. f/5.6 @ 1/200s. Matrix metering @ -0.7 EV. HH.

    Those who buy the statement that "There's no such thing as a bad bird" might find something to like in this guy. A few years ago in my front yard a little Chipping Sparrow raised a baby Cowbird that was laid in her nest, and I watched with fascination as the 'baby', three times the size of the surrogate mother sparrow, ran around cheeping for more food which the sparrow provided time after time until she was ready to drop. C&C appreciated.

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    The colors and the details of the eye and feathers are very nice. I like the angle that the photo was taken at and the background is blurred just where it should be (for me anyway) giving the image a sense of depth.
    I might have tried a smaller aperture to get the tail details sharper.

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    I like the angle and the iris detail. There seems to be quite a bit of noise on the bird, especially so on the belly. There also seems to be a slight cyan cast.

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