Spring Bluebird

[Mike Lentz]

Spent this past Sunday AM with a good friend photographing the Eastern Bluebirds as they recently just arrived back in Minnesota. This was a setup and the blue in the BG is a lake.

http://www.pbase.com/mike_lentz/image/123128298.jpg

Nikon D300 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 with 1.4x Nikon TC ~ tripod.
ISO 400 ~ F/6.3 ~ 1/1000 sec

[Keith Carver]

Nice pose and eye contact in this portrait, Mike, and I like the BG, perch and setup COMP. Would wish for a little more room on the left, and maybe a little less at the bottom. Minor nit: you could tone down the specular highlights in the blue feathers. Beautiful - and nice to know that spring is on its way!

[denise ippolito]

Mike, Beautiful pose and perch. I love the BG colors. It might be a tiny bit tight on the left. Lovely image.

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet, Mike! Keep posting these and you just may have visitors (again!) ;)

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful perch, great head angle and a wonderful BG.

Markus

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Striking bird and colours here . The compo does look a bit tight in the left , othewise this is an awesome catch !!

[Rich Steel]

Hi Mike

I like the palette of background hues in this image which compliment the subject well. Beautiful look bird in a good pose. A touch tight on the left hand side as mentioned previously.

Cheers

Rich