Painted Bunting


Posted by E.J. Peiker on Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:38 am

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D800E, 500mm, 1.4x, ISO 250, 1/1000, f/8

Just wrapping up my second annual Galveston Island Migration shoot with Alan Murphy and Brian Small.  All in all I photographed 44 species including 4 lifers (Clapper Rail, Brown Thrasher, Blue-headed Vireo, and Wood Thrush) and others that I haven't shot since the film days and will now probably be sent to the garbage can.  Lots of images to cull and process....  Here's a quick and dirty laptop processed Painted Bunting from the last afternoon :)

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by SantaFeJoe on Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:26 am
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WOW!!!!!! Just super. Great perch, pose, BG and, of course, subject.

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by LouBuonomo on Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:30 pm
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Lovely, please say hi to the Alan and Brian for me.... I'll be there next year !!!
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by Karl Egressy on Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:28 pm
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Nice pose and beautiful colors.
 

by Amy Kay on Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:45 pm
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What a beauty! Love the BG, mossy perch and the sweet look back pose.
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by bjohn on Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:51 pm
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Lovely shot! Love those colors, head angle, perch and the background!
 

by Ngwinghee on Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:18 pm
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That's a colorful bird, EJ. Lots of details and layers, indeed.
 

by Brian E. Small on Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:29 pm
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Beautifully done E.J.! It was great to have you join us again this year and glad you got so many things to photograph along with a few lifers.

BTW, here's a quick and partial list of what we had today (sorry):

Canada Warbler (I suspect you may see one of Alan's shots later)
Blackpoll Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
 

by Debapratim Saha on Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:20 am
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Beauty of a shot!!
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by Alan Murphy on Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:27 am
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Love this one.
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by James Vellozzi on Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:57 pm
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A species I have never seen.. Would love to see how you guys set up your drips.. I would like to compare it to mine.. better yet, send those species my way in New York..
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by OferLevy on Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:55 am
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Beautiful shot. Composition is great! I am not sure I understand the logic behind using such a low ISO when there is a need for more DOF to include the whole body?
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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:54 am
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OferLevy wrote:Beautiful shot. Composition is great! I am not sure I understand the logic behind using such a low ISO when there is a need for more DOF to include the whole body?
ISO has absolutely no bearing on DOF.  Only if I also changed aperture would the DOF change.
 

by Jim Urbach on Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:34 pm
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sweet look back pose, EJ
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by OferLevy on Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:05 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
OferLevy wrote:Beautiful shot. Composition is great! I am not sure I understand the logic behind using such a low ISO when there is a need for more DOF to include the whole body?
ISO has absolutely no bearing on DOF.  Only if I also changed aperture would the DOF change.
Hi E.J,
Looks like you don't give me much credit after all those years....:D
Of course ISO has no bearing on DOF and we both know that, however, pushing up the iso could have given you the much needed aperture for the DOF.
I assumed you, as my technical guru won't need the whole explanation - pushing ISO up - closing aperture = more DOF....:lol:
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