Eastern Bluebird - Sunday Edition

[Ted Busby]

Managed to go to a popular Bluebird Trail and make this image this morning..

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/busbyea/EasternBluebird_20080427_011-Edit.jpg

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 30D
Image Date: 2008:04:27 07:53:33
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 500.0mm
CCD Width: 4.01mm
Exposure Time: 0.0006 s (1/1600)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 250
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

[Greg Lasley]

Nice shot, Ted! Great bird, lovely light, clean background, sharp focus, great crop. Just a very nice image IMO. I don't have any EABL shots that nice. Congrats.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice pose and BG. The whites look a bit overexposed and I wish for wider DOF. You probably could have stopped down a bit. Is this a heavy crop?

[Milo Burcham]

Looks nice to me. The perch is nice with the peeling bark and you can't complain about colors like that.

[Leroy Laverman]

I agree with Axel about the DOF. Still I like the pose and the BKG is great. I know this is out of your control but the light looks a little harsh. Maybe the contrast is too high? I can't make up my mind. Would be happy if it was my shot regardless.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Ted! Nice, clean, and simple...with a beautiful perch. This guy does not look too happy :-)

[Glenn Bartley]

A very fine image. Love the colors (although the blues do look a bit oversaturated to me?).

[Gayle Clement]

Beautiful clarity in this photo and a really nice perch.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice looking bird with a fantastic eye contact and bg!

[Grady Weed]

Love everything about it Ted.

[Arthur Morris]

I am fine with the d-o-f. Love the BKGR. Would like to see this less contrasty with BLUE SAT reduced.

[Ted Busby]

Thank you everyone for the great feedback.

Axel...This is about 90%
Arthur...Will tone it down..

[Chris Dodds]

Hey Ted,

One one of this gorgeous bird. Great BG and dof. Nice one!