Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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I visited the pond David Schoen’s been shooting at this morning and while the ducks were no where near as cooperative as his last visit and the clouds refused to lift I did spot this little kinglet foraging in the bare bushes not too far from where I was set up. It ended up coming within range for my standards and actually stopping for a quick burst.

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Technical Details

Is this a composite: No
Sony A7Riv, FE200-600 + 1.4 TC @ 840 mm, hand held, f/9, 1/320, iso 800 (not sure how that one happened, I’d been at 3200 just a bit earlier but it was getting lighter over the pond and I’d just been shooting a male Bufflehead), manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 5700x4476. Cloned a couple of items here and there in the background and did a bit of burning.

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Looks really nice, Dennis. Good details on the little guy and a nice perch with the moss and multi-colored leaves. Good environmental shot. Waiting for our migrants to start arriving. Shouldn’t be long, now.

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Good look at the Kinglet Dennis. Pretty impressive getting the small bird spot on focus at 840mm hh and 1/320. I might brighten bird up a bit.

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Very nice look at the kinglet. Hard to get these guys to hold still. The background color works well with the kinglet and I like the colors of the leaves.

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Great little bird. They are very active and getting one in a nice place long enough to compose and get the shot is pretty tough.

Feels pretty dark to me. I look at this in PS, just added a Levels adjustment layer and pulled the white slider all the way to 170.

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Excellent detail. I am enjoying the pose and colors, including the post by Keith. But when viewed large in a darker room, you original post is fine. I saw a few of these but they were always in the heavy brush and I could never get a clear shot.

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Very sweet bird with a really cute pose! Love the pretty bg color as well, it looks really nice with the bird.

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Thanks, @Keith_Bauer. This is an interesting interpretation. This was taken in forest under overcast conditions and I tend to present such images fairly dark, but your version is certainly more eye catching.