Rose-breasted Grosbeak

[Alan Murphy]

Rose-breasted Grosbeak


Galveston Island, TX


D800, ISO 640, f9, 1/1250, -0.7EV.


Taken a couple of days ago on our Galveston workshop. Perch placed over water drip.

[Jack Breakfast]

Nice one! You could sell berries with this shot. If I were you I might alert one of the Texas berry organizations...money in the bank...
Lovely color and detail, truly impressive...

[Karl Egressy]

Striking image, Alan. Excellent IQ great perch and background. Love the inquisitive look on his face.

[Doug West]

Great shot....especially since I know a little on whats involved since I just received your cd, which
is also fantastic.

Doug

[Arno Ellmer]

Great capture of a special moment ,Alan.Love the comp , HA and the clean bg.

[Peter Scholer]

Very special. The colors of the bird and berries are a beautiful match. Detail, bg and pose with ha all fantastic. A pleasure to view.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Alan, another signature shot. loved the berries. exposure control, image design, BG...all excellent as always.

[Marina Scarr]

This sure looks a lot better than the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks I tried to photograph at Ft DeSoto a few days under not such controlled circumstances. This capture is outstanding. The only change I would make is to take a tad off the bottom (removing the partial berries) and adding some on top. His head looks a tad cramped. Happy shooting!!!

[Chris Martinez]

The combination of berry in mouth and broken berry on the perch is super cool.

[Robert Holguin]

WOW!! Excellent shot. Love the perch, light and background. Excellent pose too.
Well done.

[Richard Unsworth]

Cant fault this, keep looking back at it to see if the fruit is gone! - brilliant

[dankearl]

Beautiful bird and fruit!
Now that you have had the D800 for a bit, how does it compare to the D4?

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

So pretty bird, light and the fact that is eating makes for a very natural and compelling image.

[arash_hazeghi]

super Alan