Steve Cole
May 2025 - Thrush Surprise
About the Image(s)
Last Saturday while I was sitting in my backyard making photographs of a Raccoon across the ravine high in a tree nest which was last occupied by an Eastern Screech Owl (1224 submission), this Brown Thrust popped out of the brush for a few seconds checking out the squirrel feeder droppings. I have had them each year I lived here (28 years) but never was able to get a somewhat clean/clear photo of one until now. It was a truly delightful surprise. Fujifilm XT5, 100-400 lens at 400mm (FF600mm), f5.6, 1/125, ISO 1250. Processed in Lightroom Classic basic sliders and Topaz Denoise.
2 comments posted
Good work with the presentation of the bird, and in particular the eye. It seems that there may be too much of blue color balance, although I can see that it is in the shade. Posted: 05/11/2025 14:48:40
Steve, Color looks fine on my display, Nice and sharp, nice image. Bruce Posted: 05/12/2025 14:47:54