Margaret Frazer
About the Image(s)
Golden Hooded Tanager of Costa Rica. In March I had to opportunity to stay at the Rio Chirripo Lodge. This Golden Hooded Tanager with its mate was nest building in the bush at the front of the dining area. I was fascinated by their comings and goings with bits of twigs, grass, etc. I loved the blue sky background and wanted to keep the image simple. I photographed them extensively. I was initially shooting a variety of flying birds and hoped to catch a hummingbird so my camera (Canon Mark 1V) was set on shutter priority 1/2000. I was using a 70-200 lens with a teleconverter 1.4, auto white balance, hand held. I used Lightroom to process it.
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(Groups 36 & 67)
Please note the above is just my opinion and I have been known to be wrong more than once. I would like to hear your thoughts on any or all of these comments as you choose. Remember the maker is always right so I'm very interested in your thoughts. I tried to cover all the points in the scoring guide I forwarded and hope I didn't over do it.
  Posted: 06/01/2020 12:17:21
(Groups 36 & 67)
If anyone has any questions on this review, please ask. I'll be happy to explain anything you want to know.   Posted: 06/01/2020 12:21:11
Its very nice image of a Tanager , indeed I felt the image is little bit flattened and if the bird moved its beak looking in to the camera or even a slight movement to the front side would have given a different dimension to the image.The Bird eyes and head seems to be little bit out of focus and I think the focus is at the branches or the breast of the bird and thus an un sharp head /eyes.I saw you said in the reply to Larry that you used autofocus single mode and I had that issue when I went to kenya ,I forgot that I put it in autofocus single for a special capture and I didnt change to continous mode and I lost a number of beautiful pictures of flamingos in flight which went to out of focus but I realised it later and changed to continous mode and took some extra pictures of them but the images I lost was fantastic if it was in continous mode .Also a little bit overexposed but not much so you would have managed it in photoshop /light room using the graded filter with a luminosity mask or "blend if" options.
  Posted: 06/01/2020 12:52:52
Nice picture of the bird, however, I found that there is too much sky and so I would like the eye was a little sharper, I have tried to crop it as I thought is better, then you get the branch to start in the lower left corner and act as introduction to the image.
I have recently become interested in photographing birds, especially flying birds are difficult to photograph.   Posted: 06/05/2020 09:23:50
(Groups 36 & 67)
I have a couple of articles you may want to read if you are interested in photographing birds in flight. You can find one of them by going to Group 67 ( I am also the admin for that group) and click on select another round then select the month of April. I posted a bird in flight shot that month with detailed instructions as to how I did not. I have another article that I can find if you want to read that as well. Just let me know.   Posted: 06/05/2020 09:39:04
Nice picture, the bird is sharp and the background blurred, so the bird stands out beautifully, also exciting to read how much preparation you have done before you started to photograph.
I would be happy to read more of your bird photography articles.
Tage   Posted: 06/06/2020 05:03:43
I checked out the reviews and that was an awesome shot. I sense the motion without it being distracting. Unlike you, I do like blue skies but I do prefer them to be a softer blue. I see what you mean left to right and the grounding of the green colour. I would be delighted if you find the other article. I'm going to give a try at birds in flight. I'm not experienced at photographing birds. We are at a stage in our lockdown where we may have access to a park known for birding opportunities. I'll check it out over the weekend.   Posted: 06/05/2020 11:00:25
Just being honest but I am having difficulty reviewing this image as I can not find much good to say about it other than this was a very difficult shot. The dark black body with a bright blue background at a bad time of time makes for very difficult shooting. If I had taken the shot I am pretty sure it would not have turned out this well. Given the circumstances I believe you obtained a good photograph.   Posted: 06/05/2020 13:58:51
(Group 17)