Meadowlark

[Troy Lim]

It was my first, shot from the car on a busy, two lane road, don't have a lot of room. Light angle was not the best as it created a bit of shadow around the chest area. Dodged a bit to brighten the chest area. Beemer would have eliminate the shadow.
Comments and critiques are greatly appreciated, don't be shy!

Av Priority
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 850 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: No Flash

[Colin Knight]

Natural perch would be even better! Lovely as is, love those singing poses! Nice BG too. I'm not seeing a lot of feather detail. Is it just me?

[Ricardo Rodriguez]

Hi Troy, nice capture! Love the open beak and the creamy BG. The exposure seems fine, and I see plenty of details. The eye may need to be sharpened a bit. When I zoom in I get too much pixelation. Is this a large crop?

[Dave Mills]

Hi Troy, I don't have any major issues with the image. Nice positioning and glad you minimalized the perch.
Muted backround along with the addition of an open beak.
Agree that a fill flash would have given you less of a contrast in lighting.
I think you did well considering the circumstances...

[Troy Lim]

Hi Troy, nice capture! Love the open beak and the creamy BG. The exposure seems fine, and I see plenty of details. The eye may need to be sharpened a bit. When I zoom in I get too much pixelation. Is this a large crop?

Ricardo, no it was not a large crop. My PP step includes cropping to 16x24" and then resize to 800 pixels. I wonder if that has something to do with it.

Should I crop and enlarge later for bigger size?

[Troy Lim]

Hi Troy, I don't have any major issues with the image. Nice positioning and glad you minimalized the perch.
Muted backround along with the addition of an open beak.
Agree that a fill flash would have given you less of a contrast in lighting.
I think you did well considering the circumstances...

Dave, thank you. I will try shoot with beemer next time.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Troy If you are planing on making a large print might consider interpolating during the RAW conversion some ! Normally I don't upsize till I need to and use bicubic smoother. Not a good idea to upsize then downsize for posting !!!

Bird could be a little brighter !! Good pose !!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Troy - like the pose, BG is good, agree a little fill flash would help.
But still V nice as presented!

[Troy Lim]

Hi Troy If you are planing on making a large print might consider interpolating during the RAW conversion some ! Normally I don't upsize till I need to and use bicubic smoother. Not a good idea to upsize then downsize for posting !!!

Bird could be a little brighter !! Good pose !!!

Al, I usually crop to 16x20 size @ 300DPI. That is because that is usually what I sold at 16x20 or 11x14.

Which way is better? Cropping to 16x20 @ 240/300DPI, or upsize by using bicubic smoother?

Thanks Al.

[Troy Lim]

Hi Troy - like the pose, BG is good, agree a little fill flash would help.
But still V nice as presented!

Lance, will do next time, I was just too excited getting some shots of this little guy.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture Troy. Excellent BG and details. Open beak a plus.
Congrats

[Troy Lim]

Great capture Troy. Excellent BG and details. Open beak a plus.
Congrats

Thank you Oscar.