mountain bluebird

[DarrenMcKenna]

http://www.darrenmckenna.com/DJM_3442.jpg


Canon 40D
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length: 700.0 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/320Sec
Aperture Value: F8.0
ISO Speed: 400
Metering Mode: Evaluative metering
White Balance: Auto
1 Handheld


thanks for looking

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely pose, light and BG, Darren. Only pity are the stalks in front of the bird but it would take a lot of luck to have him land on the nearest one.

[James Salywoda]

Super shot Darren excellent details the pose and setting are wonderful.

[joel quenneville]

Nice pose with a clean background and a good head angle. Using fill flash would have opened up the eye and added a nice catchlight. This would have improved the eye contact with your subject.

[Fabs Forns]

Beautifully composed with soft colors. Agree a bit of FF would have made it even better.

[DarrenMcKenna]

Nice pose with a clean background and a good head angle. Using fill flash would have opened up the eye and added a nice catchlight. This would have improved the eye contact with your subject.


Unfortunately joel fill flash makes the white feathers on these guys stick out and looks unnatural.

[Mark Schmitt]

These are such awsome birds. I'd like to get some myself. They will be migrating through my area in late fall, early winter. Excellent shot; have to agree about the fore-ground twigs. All else is splendid. :-)

[Grace Scalzo]

Lovely, as presented, in my opinion. Very natural looking.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, details and BG. Too bad about the grass covering part of the bird.

[Linda Robbins]

Lovely pose, nice soft light, sharp detail, and pretty color throughout the image. The weeds add nice texture and interest, but I do wish parts of the weeds were not intersecting with the bird. Still, a very nice image.