{"id":96475,"date":"2025-12-14T06:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/?p=96475"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:15:46","slug":"ile-200-600-love-is-in-the-air-the-avian-solar-eclipse-the-illusion-of-height-masking-for-pink-and-grab-flight-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2025\/12\/14\/ile-200-600-love-is-in-the-air-the-avian-solar-eclipse-the-illusion-of-height-masking-for-pink-and-grab-flight-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"ILE 200-600: Love is in the Air, the Avian Solar Eclipse, the Illusion of Height, Masking for Pink, and Grab Flight Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your Call?<\/h3>\n

Which three of today’s six featured images do you think are the strongest? Why? <\/p>\n

My Call<\/h3>\n

In the Which is Better: More Pixels on the Subject or More Perch?<\/em> blog post here<\/a>, my favorite image by a mile was the wider view that included much of the color and detail on the v-perch. (Thanks to Bob Eastman!) I loved the overall feel of the image, the soft light, the image design, the compositional balance, and the far shoreline that served to anchor the image. The right-down-the-lens-barrel stare was another plus. Huge thanks for all the fabulous comments at that post. Keep up the good work here today. <\/p>\n

If …<\/h3>\n

If you have a favorite image of a bird made with the Sony 200-600, you are invited to shoot me a sharpened JPEG via e-mail<\/a>. Please size your JPEG at 2400 pixels on the long side and less than 600KB. <\/p>\n