Evening Grosbeak

[Doug Brown]

Evening Grosbeaks are a new bird for me this summer, and they are real stunners! This one was perched on a gate, so I cropped in a little tighter.



Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm, f/7.1, 1/640, -1/3 EC, fill flash, tripod

[Troy Lim]

Awesome details on the bird. Like the crop.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Amazing how close you got. Beautiful color and detail in this fine portrait.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I didn't know they spend the summer this far south in your area. Eye contact and sharpness look very good. There are some artifacts in the BG, maybe from jpg conversion.

[Stu Bowie]

Amazing sharpness Doug, and love the HA and colours. Great comp as is.

[Doug Brown]

It's JPEG artifact. Tough to eliminate!

[Fernando Diez]

Great comp, light an HA. Only the BG with some artifacts

[Dan Brown]

Hey Doug, Great shot of a cool bird! Awesome sharpness as usual! I just finally found one of these guys for my bird photo challenge (#311) yesterday in the Sierra! Didn't get anything a fine as this though!

[denise ippolito]

Doug, Really sharp details and fantastic beak and eye.

[Michael Zajac]

Great exposure and detail.I like eye and the BG.Wonderful image.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Doug,
Welcome to the Roman school of croping:D!!!...dude....this one rocks for many reaosns.....colors and BG...to say the least!

[Doug Brown]

Thanks everyone!