Lazuli Bunting

[Glenn Bartley]

Here's one from back in May of this beautiful species.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6897/lazulibunting04.jpg

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: 9
ISO: 200
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Jim Fenton]

Beautiful subject, wonderful background. The one flower protruding from the top of the subjects head does appear distracting to me.

I assume set up?

It looks just too darned good to my eyes at least to be a "natural image". I could be totally wrong and my guess is not many will agree with me :)

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely image in every way. The colors work beautifully together. Love the way the vine curves. Like the way the bird is clutching a flower. In a perfect world may have preferred no flower behind the bird's head but works well regardless.

[Rene Quenneville]

Glenn, as usual, outstanding!!

Landing one foot on a flower shows his lightness.

[Ken Watkins]

This is a nice looking bird, the only nit I have is the flower protuding above the head.

[Andrew Merwin]

I like the way the flower stem leads my eye to the bird. I also like the BG. I agree with the others re. the flower above its head. All in all, a lovely image.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful bird, perch, pose and background. Ditto the flower, but very nicely done regardless.