A Young Coop Stops By for a Visit

[Doug Brown]

This frame was taken in the harsh light of the late morning during my last day photographing with Alan Murphy. I was fortunate that the bird lined up perfectly with the axis of the sun, because otherwise the shadows would have been too strong. I performed a little clean-up work on the BG and removed a small shadow in the bird's eye.



Canon 1D Mark IV, 300mm, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 640, manual exposure, hand held

[Randy Stout]

Doug:
Nice look back pose, like the errant feather peeking out on the left, soft BG.

And, the DOF is good (unlike a recent loon posting by some fellow from Michigan )

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

And, the DOF is good (unlike a recent loon posting by some fellow from Michigan )

Sorry!!!

[dankearl]

It doesn't look like harsh light to me. Great BG and nice perch.
I am in your fine State, will be at Bosque for the next couple of days.
If I see a guy who looks like he really knows what he is doing,
I will ask if it is you, by chance!

[Randy Stout]

Sorry!!!

Doug, I really appreciated your honest input. I liked the rest of the image, and was on the fence about the impact of the DOF issue, but now I know how it effected other folks.

That is one of the real strengths of BPN, constructive criticism.

Thanks again!

Randy

[Doug Brown]

It doesn't look like harsh light to me. Great BG and nice perch.
I am in your fine State, will be at Bosque for the next couple of days.
If I see a guy who looks like he really knows what he is doing,
I will ask if it is you, by chance!

If you look at the shadow of the tail feathers, you can see how high the sun was in the sky. Check for a PM from me.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, the first thing I see straight away is your excellent DOF - top to tip of tail, all in perfect focus. Great look back pose, and I like your comp. Did you crop this to vertical?

[Alan Murphy]

This came out great Doug. I'm thinking my monitor may be off as I'm seeing a slight purple/magenta cast?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent image Doug!! Perfect vertical comp, and the look-back pose is very nice. I do think the image as a whole could use a boost in saturation.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent photo! Light looks fine to me but I would slightly boost saturation - something like this.

[Robert Holguin]

Sweet shot. Great over the shoulder pose, excellent detail, and great background.
Well done.

[Sandesh R.Dhareshwar]

Excellent pose and image

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the repost Ofer. I agree that a saturation boost helps the image.

[Dan Behm]

Really a sweet image Doug,
Love the over the shoulder look and your composition is very appealing. The bird stands out nicely against the distant BG which is far enough it adds interest but is not distracting. The saturation boost looks great

Dan

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent pose and details, great portrait and it came out nicely!