Portrait of a cedar waxwing


Posted by NiagaraMike on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:12 am

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You can see that it was eating some kind of red fruit... possibly wild raspberries which are in season now. Portrait cropped from full shot of a wild bird.

D810

300 mm f'4 with 1.4X converter

F/8    

1.1000 s

ISO 1000

Thanks for looking!


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by Homer on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:25 am
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Great portrait shot and details
 

by Karl Egressy on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:28 am
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Nice portrait shot.
 

by NiagaraMike on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:29 am
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Homer wrote:Great portrait shot and details


Thanks Homer.
 

by NiagaraMike on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:30 am
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Karl Egressy wrote:Nice portrait shot.
Thanks Karl.
 

by Biresh on Sun Jul 05, 2015 8:14 am
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Excellent shot and details
 

by Todd Bauer on Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:18 am
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The detail held up well for a large crop at iso 1000. Nice portrait.
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by WDCarrier on Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:07 pm
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I really like portraits and this one is very unique. Great image, Mike.
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by john on Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:49 pm
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To my eye it looks like you're starting to lose a bit of the fine detail in this crop, but that may just be me. Nice portrait
 

by ANIT MITRA on Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:39 am
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completely agree with John..
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by Graeme Guy on Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:00 am
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Hi Mike

This is such a nice bird for portrait shots. It is generally very nice but I tend to agree with the last two comments.

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:41 am
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This crop doesn't seem to have quite kept the detail of your lovely Bluebird portrait Mike, but its still a lovely view of this striking bird - a species that manages to elude me!
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by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:03 pm
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Biresh wrote:Excellent shot and details
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by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:05 pm
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Todd Bauer wrote:The detail held up well for a large crop at iso 1000. Nice portrait.
Thanks Todd.
 

by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:11 pm
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Is the cup half empty or half  full?


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by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:12 pm
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WDCarrier wrote:I really like portraits and this one is very unique.  Great image, Mike.
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by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:20 pm
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john wrote:To my eye it looks like you're starting to lose a bit of the fine detail in this crop, but that may just be me.  Nice portraitPle
Thanks for trying to help me improve my photography

.Please show me a cedar waxwing crop like this to show me more detail so I have a model for comparison.

Cedar waxwing is one of my most difficult subjects because of the fine feathers and consistent colour. .The feathers of this bird are extremely fine to start with and any light sheen or natural matting  no matter how slight  will soften  detail in that area.. I see areas of lower detail surrounded by areas of extreme detail. Maybe this is me... maybe it is the way it is.

Once again help me by showing me an example with more detail please!

Here it is larger...

https://500px.com/photo/113944981/cedar ... er_library
 

by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:59 pm
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Carol Clarke wrote:This crop doesn't seem to have quite kept the detail of your lovely Bluebird portrait Mike, but its still a lovely view of this striking bird - a species that manages to elude me!
Thanks Carol. Please see my note to John.
 

by NiagaraMike on Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:01 pm
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Anit and Graeme. Please see my reply to John....
 

by john on Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:47 am
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NiagaraMike wrote:
john wrote:To my eye it looks like you're starting to lose a bit of the fine detail in this crop, but that may just be me.  Nice portraitPle
Thanks for trying to help me improve my photography

.Please show me a cedar waxwing crop like this to show me more detail so I have a model for comparison.

Cedar waxwing is one of my most difficult subjects because of the fine feathers and consistent colour. .The feathers of this bird are extremely fine to start with and any light sheen or natural matting  no matter how slight  will soften  detail in that area.. I see areas of lower detail surrounded by areas of extreme detail. Maybe this is me... maybe it is the way it is.

Once again help me by showing me an example with more detail please!

Here it is larger...

https://500px.com/photo/113944981/cedar ... er_library
Hi Mike,  My point is that the crop is causing the loss in detail to my eye which may or may not be true.  I can't help you with an example.
 

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