Snowing again today in Utah. Had a few minutes of sun yesterday and captured this image. First Yellow-head this season.
Canon 1DMKiii
Canon 500 f4 with 1.4 TC
1/640 f13 ISO 500
Sunlight from 10 o'clock high behind, slightly to my right.
AV zero exposure compensation. The histogram was "U" shaped, peaking at both ends. The ones I shot with compensation (either + or -) pushed the opposite ends to non-recoverable status. This shot required compensation on both ends of the scale in PS.
Over the years, these guys have been my most difficult exposure challenge.
Nice portrait and find. Those yellows really are hard to expose properly. You could decrease the contrast some points and desaturate the yellows and maybe orange a bit, too.
Very nice portrait of this bird, Joe! The saturation looks exactly like the images I have of these birds, taken in the late afternoon, and I agree they are a challenge to expose properly. Haven't seen them here yet this year.