Peanut Butter Grosbeak

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Here’s a black-headed grosbeak in the backyard after having some peanut butter on a hanging pine cone.

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Cropping? BG too busy?

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Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/1250th, f 9.0, 560mm, ISO 6400, cropped to 3677 x 2857

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Great catch on the take-off, Dave. The background does seem rather obtrusive to me and I’m not seeing much of any detail in the bird’s plumage. I suspect at 1/1250 there was enough motion blur to remove any small feather detail. The way the catchlight is streaked would indicate some motion blur. PS had a filter that was supposed to remove that several years ago, but I think it was a flop since it’s been removed. I tried it a couple of times without any real success.