Motif: Common Yellowthroat

Posted by dfrench200 on Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:05 pm

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Felt good about how this turned out considering the low light conditions. Too bad I fried the perch

All comments and suggestions are welcome!

DRebel, 500mm +1.4TC, f/5.6, 1/30, ISO 200, FF. Cropped to vertical. Linear conversion to try and regain some blown highlights. Taken in June 04

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by Fabs Forns on Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:09 pm

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I like a lot. Why not *burn* the perch in PS a bit?

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:18 pm

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A Common Yellowthroat on a cattail is awesome and the singing puts it over the top.

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by whf4 on Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:20 pm

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Very nice; any clues about the horizontal banding I see to the right of the bird? Maybe a bg blur might help that. the colors on his back are perfect.

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by Christopher Dodds on Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:31 pm

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Excellent!

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by Len Maltese on Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:40 pm

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Sweet shot. What a cool looking bird.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:32 pm

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Good action shot, maybe less of the perch, and yes, a little darker.

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by AForns on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:33 pm

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This is outstanding Doug !!! would reduce the size of the perch and try darkening !!!!

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by juanli on Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:46 pm

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A very clean and beautiful image.

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by Cindy Marple on Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:02 am

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This is very sweet! You could turn this in to a horizontal format, taking a lot off the bottom and some off the top and leaving the left to right about as it is. It would greatly reduce the amount of the perch showing if you are bothered by the hot perch. However I like the vertical presentation for this situation.

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:30 am