What caught my eye is not a highlight but a ")" shape, slightly darker than the distant background, hanging in mid air to the left of the vertical branch, about a third of the way from the bottom of the frame.
Or perhaps it's just one of my floaters. <G> Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:18 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you're talking quarter moon shaped highlight on the tree trunk, yes it is > quite some distance away from the branch the bird is perched on, its an out > of focus highlight. I could knock it down a bit by burning it in. > > On 4/21/2014 4:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Nice portrait of a very handsome bird! >> >> There is something that distracts my eye just to the left of the most >> vertical branch. Is that part of the scene or something on the lens >> or the sensor? >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Cardinals are very territorial birds. This morning and early after noon >>> two >>> very red birds kept chasing each other outside my office window. This >>> one >>> finally flew to this branch about 25ft off the ground and proclaimed >>> himself >>> the winner. >>> >>> >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20thevictor.html >>> >>> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 & smc Pentax F 1.7x AF >>> adapter. >>> >>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >>> >>> -- >>> A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the >>> crazy, crazier. >>> >>> - H.L.Mencken >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.