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    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.

    On a window rest from my truck.

    Thanks for looking and for comments.

    Joe

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    Nice close up. A touch of yellow desaturation and darkening in the yellow channel brings out some more detail in the neck area.

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    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.

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    Gus Cobos
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    Very nicely done Joe,
    Love the composition, colors and the eye contact.. Congrats...:D

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    Anita Rakestraw
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    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.

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