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Collection: Sep 2009 Wildlife
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jul 4, 2009
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Sep 3, 2009
Viewed: 308
Comments: 7
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One of the fearless, raucous little Catbirds who frequent my birdfeeders. You can just see the red under the tail which is its one spot of color.
Like the light and bokeh in this shot, and the sort of pensive look (though he was probably plotting something).
PP - converted from RAW, white balance, levels, cropped a little, dodged bird in a few places, cloned suet cake off his beak, reduced noise, increased contrast, resized, sharpened. |
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09/07/2009 08:49:06 PM |
| I love the bokeh here as well. I am a huge fan of bokeh. I like his head-tilt, and I like how the perch is diagonal across the frame. I like these birds, they typically will let me get fairly close :) The image seems to have a greenish tint to me, even on the bird. |
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09/04/2009 11:29:15 AM |
| Very nice all the way around. I agree that the light and bokeh are excellent. The angle of the shot is superb!! |
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09/03/2009 09:38:25 PM |
| I really LOVE the background and contrast of the colors, very lovely. |
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09/03/2009 09:21:05 PM |
| Just a beautiful shot altogether Mary ... he does indeed have his eye on you but it's the b/g that just makes this shot stand out ...... very well done! |
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09/03/2009 08:04:51 PM |
| oh wow, love the way you capture this little bird! The tilt of the head, appears like he knows he is being watched! :o) |
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09/03/2009 10:11:22 AM |
| The shallow DOF is very right for this. The POV gives a nice perspective of the subject. Good shot. |
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09/03/2009 09:41:18 AM |
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