Mountain Bluebird

[Aravind Krishnaswamy]

I got lucky with this bird because of the natural perch and background. The bird also managed to sit still long enough to try out different compositions.

Technical: 1D4, 800, f/10, 1/320s, ISO 400.
Post: A little bit of cropping, tone curve adjustments, selective sharpening. Background has a very slight selective vignette applied too.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Vey nice detail and exposure...Against the green BG the Bluebird really pops...And what a silky smooth BG..Nice one Aravind!

[Pieter de Waal]

Aravind what a beauty, sharp, great eye contact with good detail and excellent colours. I like the fluffed chest feathers. Composition is good but might consider taking a little off the bottom to just above the OOF green moss on the perch.

[Aravind Krishnaswamy]

Thanks for the suggestion Pieter, I'll give it a try.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful image all around. Tack sharp and color is outstanding. I might just tone down the moss a bit as I find it a touch bright.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arvind, terrific sharpness and shades of blue. Good bird angle as well. Moss looks great too. exposure looks spot on.

But, the way the bird is perched, I'd definitely prefer the traditional horizontal format. It would also eliminate the problem of OOF perch and moss at the bottom.

[Aravind Krishnaswamy]

Thanks. I have a few images in a more traditional horizontal format. I will play with those as well.

[Aravind Krishnaswamy]

Here's a more traditional landscape orientation, from a different frame in the series.

[RAM MALLYA]

The repost is really amazing loved the BG and the perch and moss ovver the perch. the bird is also beautiful

[Chris Martinez]

The colours of the bird and moss work so well together and the BG is OK too:p

[Stu Bowie]

Great repost Aravind, and the the little guy is tack sharp. I really like the blues on him too.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arvind, I prefer the repost too. Thx for sharing.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Loved both the images . The bird is brilliantly coloured , the BG is perfect and I really loved the perch !!

[Steve Large]

Another vote for the re-post. I like the extra room around the bird. Colors are wonderful and very sharp image.

Steve