Strange day

[coastalconn]

Being Spring and all I would expect a flurry of bird activity, but all my normal spots seemed empty. Found a few other critters along the way and even had to go find seagulls.. I had to work in the morning so my light was pretty harsh in the mid-day sun... hmmm.. comments welcome.

1

Deer by krisinct, on Flickr

2

Turkey portrait 1 by krisinct, on Flickr

3

Turkey Portrait 2 by krisinct, on Flickr

4 My first black and white Warbler!

Black and White Warbler by krisinct, on Flickr

5 Just a gull...

Seagull taking flight by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[SCraig]

Not just a Gull, Kris, it's a very young one. That mottled brown coloration indicates that this has been his first winter.

Very good timing with the right foot just leaving the rock.

 

[ZimPhoto]

I like #5 the best, composition with the rock and the start of flight make for a nice pic.
#1 looks off to me, not sure why, but the background "bokeh" seems "off" or too bright...

 

[coastalconn]

Thanks Scott...
ZimPhoto, I agree about the Deer it seemed off to me too. It was harsh light and the background seemed really nervous. I used a denoise on the background, probably smoothed it out too much.

 

[coastalconn]

This is the deer without the noise reduction. The background seems strange to me for some reason...

Deer by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[bc_steve]

I agree. The background does look weird in the deer pic. Has it been sharpened?

I like #5 as well and don't mind that it is such a common bird

 

[coastalconn]

The second deer picture is just shot in raw and imported with standard LR4 settings.. The light was pretty harsh, I think it just exaggerated the nervous background? IDK tomorrow is another day

 

[baturn]

All good shots and looks like you had fun, so count it as a good day. Like the turkey shots as I have never seen one in the wild.

 

[sm4him]

Really love the warbler and the gull photos!
And hey, at least you were out there shooting--between work and rainy weather, I haven't gotten to take a bird photo in over a week. This week isn't looking any better, but maybe I can take a day off the following week.