This was taken at a set-up in Costa Rica. Cloned out dark area in BG above the bird. All C&Cs are appreciated.
Canon 40D
500L F4
1.4 Extender
IS0 400
F/8
1/500s
Tripod
Speckled Tanager
This was taken at a set-up in Costa Rica. Cloned out dark area in BG above the bird. All C&Cs are appreciated.
Canon 40D
500L F4
1.4 Extender
IS0 400
F/8
1/500s
Tripod
Beautiful shot Jim. I love the colors on the bird and the sharpness. I may have cropped some more from top and right side if it was mine. TFS
Herb
Fantastic bird, great perch, BG,
agree about the crop. I love the eye contact.
Congrats!
Ilija
Originally Posted by Ilija Dukovski
How is this crop?
Last edited by Jim Crosswell; 03-06-2011 at 09:55 PM.
Really nice Jim! I absolutely love this species :)
You sure nailed some beautiful birds on your trip and this is another excellent one.
Wonderful bird and capture he just jump right off the screen when i open the thread. While I like the original the tighter crop has even more impact.
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Taking the eye out of the centre improved an already great image. I love tanagers and this is certainly a great one. Did you also do some work on the left of the perch in the repost? It is different and it looks better.
Awesome! I love these birds and you did a great job with the colors and exposure.
Jim - what a great shot of an amazing species. I too just spent time in CR and was most surprised by the variety of tanagers such as this one. You did a great job of catching the colors and detail in this species. Also a very nice pose - although a common one with these birds that are always coming to the fruit feedersCropping and composition is always a personal thing, but if it was mine I would try cropping a bit off the bottom. And seeing all of the tail might have been preferable for me. But that is getting a bit picky for a shot of this calibre.
Good repost Jim, what amazing colours, well captured and sharp with good eye contact.
Ben I touched up the perch in the repost. In the original there was some left over banana that I missed. Thanks for the comment.
Never have seen one of these; where did you find it? Very sharp, nicely exposed, and great eye contact. The repost looks better IMO.
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Astonishing detail captured. The bg is a killer :eek:. IMG is well exposed with great colours and comp
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