Morning Phoebe

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Description

I went down to our local lake on this cold, frosty morning and didn’t see any bald eagles that I was looking for but I did manage a shot or two of a black phoebe in the early morning sun.

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Cropping? Anything?

Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, hand held, 1/3200th, f 9.0, 840mm, ISO 6400, cropped to 2942 x 2334

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I like the way the light catches the Phoebe’s eye and it’s breast, Dave. I’m not as fond of the perch, though I know the bird chose it. It’s rather dominating the image.

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Good look at the Phoebe and a nice background. I’d be tempted to crop as much of the perch as possible, it does seem to overpower the Phoebe.

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Sweet little bird in nice light!
I agree to cut out as much of that “perch” as possible to keep the spotlight on the bird.
Nice catch!