Pale Thrush II

[Craig Brelsford]

A pale thrush leaps between two branches today at a park in Shanghai. A tree still yielding berries brought this normally shy bird within 12 meters of me and my hungry camera. In contrast to my earlier shot of this species*, in this one no great feat of Photoshop engineering was required.

Device: Nikon D3S
Lens: VR 600mm F/4G
Focal length: 600mm
VR: OFF
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/3200
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: +0.67
Metering: Center-Weighted
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 3200
Subject Distance: 11.9 m
Photoshoppery: Not much processing, so no need to post original. A few sticks content-awared out using Photoshop CS5. Noise reduction on BG but not on branch or bird. Cropped.

*See my earlier pale thrush here: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for....-.?highlight=

[Marina Scarr]

The photo is well exposed, and I like the leap. However, I find the striations in the BG a bit distracting.

[Eric Diller]

Love this take off! Nice details...BG is a tad distracting but I eyes are drawn to his feet....nice focus