Midair Acorn

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Description

I got this guy near a hanging suet block. I enjoy seeing open underwing shots that show off the nifty feather patterns of bird’s wings. I was happy to get this capture.

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Is the contrast of the BG to the subject enough to separate them? Cropping okay?

Technical Details

Z9, 1/3200th, f 9.0, 180-600 lens, Nikon 2.4 TC, monopod, 252mm, ISO 2800, cropped to 2752 x 3072

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The crop works fine, Dave. I’d be tempted to reduce the contrast and brighten the background a bit to make the bird stand out a bit more.

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Hi Dave, nice spread wing catch with a good look at the eye. Cropping looks good. In the large size the bird stands out well enough from the BG for my taste. Wish the bird was a tad sharper.

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Thanks for your input. I think I got this shot using the “pre-capture” setting which shoots .jpeg and I always shoot RAW which is noticeably better quality than .jpeg. I keep hoping that Nikon will upgrade it to shooting RAW in pre-capture.