Male Indigo Bunting.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Feeling "blue"? Go find one of these in full song to cheer you up!

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, usual eye work, a small oof twig cloned out at left edge, NR to the BG. Coaxed closer with audio.

[Tim Foltz]

Daniel, What a BLUE bird. Great pose, perch, action, HA and BG. Nice job.

-Tim

[Juan Tolentino]

Absolutely beautiful! Love the colors, especially the pink in the mouth. IMO cloning the darker section of the BG on the left side of the frame will add to this already wonderful image, but really nice just like this. Thank you for sharing Daniel.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Daniel, I am jealous, wish it were mine. I wouldn't change anything. Thank you for sharing.

[Isaac Grant]

I love the singing pose and the clean background here. Dark area does not bother me. The birds colors seem a little too muted to me.

[Alex Becker]

Killer frame Daniel -- I don't know how you do it. Love the pose and eye on this guy. If you don't mind, what does your usual eye work consist of? I'm always impressed with it. I don't mind the darker patch. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey guys, thanks!

Alex, for the eye, my "usual eye work" is simply using the burn and dodge tools to darken the pupil and/or lighten the iris. You gotta be careful doing it though, as it can be very easy to over do it and make the eye look weird or unnatural.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Excellent capture, Daniel. Love the calling pose. Wonderfull shades of green in the BG.

Geoffrey




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[William Dickson]

Lovely pose and colours on the bird, which go real well with the BG.

Will