Bluebird Fledglings

[Tim Harding]

Two of the five fledglings from one of the bluebird nest boxes my wife and I have been monitoring. They are about 2 weeks out of the nest and still rely on the adults for feeding. So far they stick to the trees next to the next box, where it is pretty dark up in the foliage.

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Canon 5D MK III, 400mm F4 1.4X @560mm ISO 400
1/200s @f8.0 Manual flash at 1/4 with BB

80% FF. Darkened branch, NR on BG and USM.

[allanrube]

Pretty pose and light.

[Daniel Cadieux]

How sweet. Love the fresh blues starting to peek up on their plumages. A better head angle on the left bird would have been killer, and I'd fill in the paler areas in the background at left and top. Nice perch and dark greens.