White-winged Dove Portrait

[Doug Brown]

Another image from Elephant Head. Many of the birds I saw there I can also see in my own backyard. Clean looks (on anything but a yard wall) and green BGs are a different story at my house though.



Canon 5D Mark III, 600mm + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO 400, manual exposure, tripod, blind

[Vikram Agrawal]

This is perfection. I love the shot, everything about it. Can i just ask what is meant by "blind" in your settings. Did you crop much?
Regards

[Joe Senzatimore]

Wonderful Portrait. Sweet and simple. Fine perch, BG and details as well as exposure.

[Doug Brown]

This is perfection. I love the shot, everything about it. Can i just ask what is meant by "blind" in your settings. Did you crop much?
Regards

Thanks Vikram! A blind is also known as a hide. It's basically a pop-up tent that conceals the photographer. This is a vertical crop from horizontal, and is most of the full frame.

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful bird, bg, perch. You've created a lovely image, Doug.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Nce to see a dove I have not seen before. Good sharpness and love the blue around the eye and a lovely BG to set it off! Nce one Doug!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, great pose and HA here, which in turn shows off that lovely colourful eye. Good DOF, sharp, and I like the perch. The dove pops nicely against the darker BG.

[Marina Scarr]

Truly lovely portrait, Doug. The perch is great as is the BG and HA.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Wonderful all around Doug! Colors and perch are very nice too!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

This 'pops up' so beautifully from the monitor . Love the exposure control on this one !!

[jack williamson]

Excellent detail throughout. Nice pose and a great BG and perch.

Jack

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Doug! I like the pose, perch, IQ and BG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

this is a bit different from your usual shots :-) in a good way of course. the details, the HA, the BG...awesome stuff, Doug. wouldn't touch a thing.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose, perch light and background, Doug.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic detail, background and eye colors plus it's really sharp, nicely done Doug.

[christopher galeski]

nice lighting,pose,perch,BG,good detail,perfect.

[Ofer Levy]

Great techs, pose and eye contact! A bit big in the frame for me though.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for taking the time to comment!