Scarlet Tanager

[Raymond Barlow]

Taken recently at a one on one workshop with my guest Carmelo, wow, did we have some fun at this place! My first good shooting of this species, so I am pretty happy to finally have something to print.

1/40s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso400
handheld from F150, no flash, slight crop

thanks for looking!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love the colour of the beak and the bird Ray, was considering going out with you today, but thought the weather would be bad. How did you get so close?

[Herb Houghton]

Ray, I like this shot, nice BG, sharp and nice eye contact. Maybe clone out the light branch to the left of the bird, is all I could suggest for improvement.

[denise ippolito]

Raymond, Really nice sharp details and pose. I like the BG color and feel it compliments the bird nicely. I might also evict the second branch since it's such a nice shot.:)

[Harshad Barve]

wow , what a good looking bird Raymondbhai , excellent BG , VWD, big congrats
TFS

[Stephen Stephen]

Ray this is a great image of this beautiful species. I like the composition but I may be tempted to clone out the OOF branch on the left. I love the red of the bird against the dark green BG.

This species is another life list want for me.

[Doug Brown]

I love the red of the bird against the lush green BG. Good eye contact. I'd be tempted to lose the second branch.

[Colin Knight]

Great suggestions all around. Did you seriously shoot this handheld at 1/40s?

[Allen Sparks]

Great image of a beauty...big congrats. I'd also clone out the oof branch and am wondering like clknight...1/40s hand held?

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning capture Raymond and well composed with excellent color and detail. Sure would love to have this in my files !!!!!! :D

[Glenda Simmons]

Beautiful! Great color and detail with a nice background. I too, find the oof branch is something that is drawing my eyes away from your hansome bird.

[Raymond Barlow]

Thanks for the cool comments everyone., I used the calls to draw this bird in, and no cloning at all., but I tend to agree, the branch should go before I print this one.

Very much appreciated, and yes, hand held from my truck, no bean bag., the lens may have been resting on the window, I am not sure... some shots I was freehanding, some resting lens to glass... this bird did not give us much time to get set up with window height, etc.

take care, and have a good week.

[Conrad Tan]

Great shot Ray! Love the eye contact!

[amir.madadi]

nice shot ! the sharpness and the contrast are very good.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the bird Bhai, nice details, colours, pose and BG...

agree to the other OOF branch removal..