Baltimore Oriole

[Jim Crosswell]

Canon 40D
100-400L IS
275mm
f/6.3
1/250s
Tripod

This is taken in my backyard in Stoney Point, Ontario. It is a setup that didn't work as intended. The oriole went lower on the perch than expected so I had to clone out the edge of a house (top right) and some leaves (lower right). All C&Cs welcome and appreciated.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, I also like the perch, eye contact and BG. I might raise the color temperature a bit.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice diagonal formed by the bird and the perch, sweet colors and lots of detail. Congrats.

[Andrew Merwin]

Lovely image. Fun & unusual pose. TFS

[Don Lacy]

Love the pose and the placement of the bird in the frame, might not have gone as planned but still a a very nice image.

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Very nice, well exposed, like the pose, very cool perch.
Sharpening is right on the edge of too sharp for my taste, but I am just an old softy:)

Ah the joy of setups, the birds don't always do just what we want.

Cheers

Randy

[Raymond Barlow]

very well done Jim, the colours look bang on to me, and I do agree with Randy, maybe just a titch over sharpened.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful diagonal comp and very unique. Loved everything here..sharpness, perch and head angle all excellent.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jim,
All looks great on my monitor too.....very well done all around!

[Dumay de Boulle]

I like the composition, colors and BG