birds Lady Zoom - At Rest

(I believe) a female Anna's (Calypte anna) perched on a pine branch. Thank

you for your time.

-Dave

The composition is excellent, I really like the way the branch or twig that the bird is perched on, points in a diagonal and comes to rest just where there appears a splay of colour and material in the background.

The bird itself is well proportioned and detailed and with natural looking colours. I noticed the high ISO of 1000 yet I can't detect any undue noise, did you use any noise removal tools?

I have seen this Sigma lens used recently by Dimitris Vasiliou and I was very impressed with the photograph he posted also. 

Very well done Dave! 

Best Regards 

Alf 

Thank you for your kind comments.  Last month I rented a Canon 6D for over a week; I was, and continue to be amazed by the high ISO capabilities of this camera.  I have done nothing more for noise reduction than I do for any image out of my 50D.  If you think this image is amazing in its lack of noise, you ought to look at my "Fort Ross Chapel" image in my single photo file; it was captured at 2500 ISO.  The Canon 6D has launched itself to the top of my list for future purchases.

The Sigma 150-500mm lens has been a wonderful purchase as well.  I have had the lens for some time now, and continue to be quite pleased by its performance.  Though large, it is quite light, and I frequently shoot with it handheld, though I am often forced to a mono-pod when using my 50D.  I would say that it has a tendency to capture a bit on the warm side, but that is easily corrected PP.

Cheers... Thank you for stopping by. 

-Dave