Another from the blind yesterday. The light was pretty spotty in my larger ground pond and I’d put a decorative old stump in as a perch. This Siskin came down it to get a drink and I liked the strong contrast in the lighting.
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Anything. There was a fair amount of spot cleanup done on this one, so if you see any anomalies, please let me know.
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Does all that dark area work?
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7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 484 mm, tripod with ball head and Sidekick, f/8, 1/1000, iso 1250, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 16 MP. Taken yesterday at 8:36 am.
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Hi Dennis,
I really like your set up and the results here. The stump looks great - really natural setting and the light isolating the bird is terrific. Nice exposure and I like the view of the split end of the tail. A bird I rarely see in Tennessee. Well done!
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Really nice diagonal bird in the spotlight. Beautifully framed by the dark background on the right and the warm colors on the left. Superb detail and an excellent pose.
I like the composition with the bird spotlighted and the darker areas. Very nice detail. Do you feel that f8 is the sweet spot on this lens?
Feels like f/8 works well for most bird shots to me, Allen. 7.1 works well too, but I tend to like just a tad more depth of field than I get with that, so 8 is my default.
