canon.eos30d wrote:
Winner set, Greg. every single photo is beautiful. Sorry, I can't pick because I love them all Greg. I keep viewing back and forth and I just love this set. Great work as usual.
- Tam
Thanks so much for stopping by, Tam; it's great to hear from you. ~Greg
bentoncary wrote:
Great pics plinian. All the birds are very beautiful and the photography is excellent. Can you please tell me the names of every bird..?
Appreciate the comment, Misti. Names are in the captions; PM me if you want additional information! ~Greg
Tim Kuhn wrote:
What a beautiful set from down south Greg. I can't imagine a flock of troupials marauding the feeder, what a site that must be!! Excellent job on the KF, super details. I'm going to go against the bunch here, yeah what else is new , the swallow is my pick of the set. I really like the fine details, sharp from head to toe and the comp of that shot. For the bittern.. uh oh here he comes.... I would crop out the reflection, it doesn't really add any value in my mind and the bright elements in the bg above the birds head are distracting, maybe tone them down a bit. I'm guessing since that one is at 500 and the others are 700 you could stand to crop it more. Just my opinions
Hey, Tim, that's why they pay you the big bucks! Seriously, I thought about you when fiddling with the crop on that sunbittern image, but I had another image of the same bird in landscape (with no reflection), so I decided to break Kuhn's law on this one. Clearly, that was a mistake. As penance, I offer the following:
Details and IQ on all but #1 are super fine. #1 just seems odd to me in that there is no detail in the orange to me and the eye seems a tad bright to me?
#2 is an incredible view from behind with much more DOF that I would have thought possible, very cool shot.
#3 great character in this shot and presentation
#4 nice shot at such a slow shutter. What is up with the back most leg? Great display of color, patterns and a fine exposure!
#5 Really nice and spot on on your subject bird. Well done
mitesh wrote:
Holy cow, Greg... I was really impressed with the first one, and then I scrolled down and almost fell out of my chair! Those KF images are about the best I have ever seen! The last two are also stunners! All of them are super sharp with great colors and clarity! What a set
Thanks so much for stopping by, Mitesh; I think you and I both picked up the wildlife photography bug around the same time, so I really appreciate your comments.
Details and IQ on all but #1 are super fine. #1 just seems odd to me in that there is no detail in the orange to me and the eye seems a tad bright to me?
#2 is an incredible view from behind with much more DOF that I would have thought possible, very cool shot.
#3 great character in this shot and presentation
#4 nice shot at such a slow shutter. What is up with the back most leg? Great display of color, patterns and a fine exposure!
#5 Really nice and spot on on your subject bird. Well done
Thanks, as always, Karl, for a very thoughtful and critical appraisal. The sunbittern was a challenge due to the low light, and the fact that it was looking for treats (I think it's a bit of motion blur in that back leg).
For #1, you're absolutely right...the light was strange with a bit of a rim effect; I spent a bit more time with a different image, and came up with something better (I think) below. They are incredibly orange! (In fact, I backed off the orange sat a bit in this one).
, the swallow is my pick of the set. I really like the fine details, sharp from head to toe and the comp of that shot. For the bittern.. uh oh here he comes.... I would crop out the reflection, it doesn't really add any value in my mind and the bright elements in the
