Pine Grosbeak Male

Posted by Terence P. Brashear on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:37 pm

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Enough people are posting really good GGOW images so I thought I'd post a bird I was working
to get a good image of this past weekend.

Canon 10D(steve's), Canon 600mm f/4, ISO 200, 1/320 @ f/9, fill -1 2/3.

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Terry

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by jnadler on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:39 pm

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Terry:

Excellent angle, background, perch, and colors. The head seems a little soft on my flat screen LCD.

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by Scott Fairbairn on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:40 pm

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Great perch and a wonderful bird! I found a flock of about 20 of these guys before, but no males!

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by Jeff Moore on Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:46 pm

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Great job Terry. I got some decent shots when I was there but nothing this good. The bird is well separated from the background.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:09 pm

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Very well done. I still have no decent shots of the male of this species.

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by Cindy Marple on Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:28 pm

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Wow the color of this fellow is spectacular. Very nice!

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by Jim Urbach on Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:52 pm

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Terry,

Excellent image. He really stands out from the BG.

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by KK Hui on Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:29 pm

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I like everything about it except the soft head, Terry!
The focus was on the wing tip instead ...

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by Tomasz on Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:54 pm

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Nice image. The head is a little soft. I love the separation from the BG...

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:07 am

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Gorgeous bird against that dark bg. I'm sure you just don't have anymore good Owl shots to post.

Love that new avatar.

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by Ofer Levy on Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:44 am

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Lovely shot Terry!!!

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by Terence P. Brashear on Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:04 am

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KK Hui wrote:I like everything about it except the soft head, Terry!
The focus was on the wing tip instead ...

This has to be a monitor thing because I can see the bristle feathers under the bird's chin clearly, and there is a small feather sticking out of the lower back part of the head that is clear as well. I think with f/9 there is plenty of DOF. Is my new monitor that clear and crisp?

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Terry

PS - Mike, owls what makes you think I got owl images

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by fredcor on Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:00 am

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Fabulous comp Terrence. The head looks a bit soft to me as well.

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by Terence P. Brashear on Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:32 am

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*EDIT*

I did some selective sharpening on the head and beak area. After doing that I see what was being mentioned by all of you. Thanks for the help.

Terry

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by Neil Solomon on Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:56 pm

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Against that dark BG the color is really stunning. I might almost think about removing the OOF branch.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:59 pm

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Terry,

Beautiful shot. The colors in the bird look great against the dark background.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:40 pm

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Nice shot, Terry.

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