Saw this male flying alongside a roadside fence. He kept landing on fenceposts in front of me as I drove. I was happy he landed on this mullein stalk and used it to scan for bugs in the grass below. I was in shadow from the mountains but still had light bouncing off some clouds. BG was pine trees on an opposite hill. Would've liked light on his face but I'll trade it for the rimlight on this one. 40D, 400DO + 2xTC, f10, 1/160s, ISO 800, -1/3 EC, braced on car window sill, slight crop on left and top.
Last edited by Steve Canuel; 04-27-2010 at 08:12 PM.
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Outstanding Steve. Great techs! Love the pose, perch, colour, BG and head angle (maybe slightly more rotation would be better?). There seems to be a little too much room on the right, as least for me. Anyway these are minor IMO. Very very nice.
Steve, the color is just beautiful. Although you may have wished for light on the face, I like the soft light on the breast. Nice BG and detail in the eye. Outstanding image! :)
Hi Steve, lovely soft light, and I like pastel blue of the little guy. You got lucky with the perch, and he stands out very well against the BG. Maybe just a little off the right???
Beautiful bird! The perch seems like it was very nice too and for that reason I would have liked an original vertical with more of it showing. For me the HA, although not bad, needed to be a degree or two more towards us. Overall very nice feel to the image...