Gilded Flicker

[Kurt Bowman]

• SONY ILCE-9M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• ƒ/9
• 840mm
• 1/8000s
• ISO 1600
• kurt bowman
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• Sat, 24 October 2020 8:14 AM
• kurt bowman
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.2 (Macintosh)

Going though some old shoots and trying to find shots I overlooked. This was taken near my home in the desert at my feeder set up back in fall of 2020
Sony A92
200-600mm with 1.4 TC
taken at 840mm
1/8000 at f/9 (was shooting landing and takeoff shots)
ISO 1600

 

[gail bisson]

What's not to like here!
Great crop, details with a nice perch and complimentary BG.
The catchlight is perfectly dead center-nice.
I feel like the exposure overall could go a up slightly even though you have lots of details in the blacks.
Would like to have this in my files!
Gail

 

[annmpacheco]

Hello Kurt,

gilded lily, gilded flicker, hmmmmh... flicker by a landslide! IQ is stunning, you have covered the bases here. Lovely perch, BG, and sharpness, love the hint of the yellow inside tail feathers. If it were mine a suggestion would be to lasso that lil bit of dried poo near top foot... Or whatever it is... Excellent.

 

[dankearl]

Great flicker portrait,, I also think you could raise exposure a bit..

 

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Kurt, I'm with Gail, what not to like here. Good feather detail and colors on the bird, perfect perch, pure background. Thank you for sharing.