Blue Palette

[Vaughn Larsen]

Male Mountain Bluebird, shortly after sunrise. The bluebird arrived and perched on an old yucca stalk as I was getting setup, thus the required crop from Horiz to vertical in post processing. This particular bird has a larger section of black markings on the wings than I am used too seeing.

Nikon D500 500mm f/4
1/500 sec f5.6 ISO 200.
ACR and PS used for post processing, crop from Horiz to Vert.

[Paul Burdett]

Really like this Vaughn. Sweet bird, lovely colours, sharp, perfect HA and a nice contrasting BG. Well processed. I might clone out the very small catch light below the main one, and possibly tame the highlights on the top part of the perch. TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

love those iridescent colors and BG. simple perch, excellent HA. sharp bit a bit over sharpened on my screen as it is showing jagged artifacts, would back off if mine

TFS

[Arthur Morris]

The look-back head angle and the wonderful detail on the back and the wings make this one a winner.

with love, artie

[Vaughn Larsen]

Thanks Arash - I think that my update to ACR is adding in some sharpening. Looks good until I import into PS. Then a little crispy as you state.

[John Mack]

Great view of this bluebird. I like the pose,perch,framing and background.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful pose, and love that neon blue. Well captured.