Baltimore Oriole

[John Goldman]

Canon 50D, ss 1/640, f4.0, ISO 200, 420mm
Cropped for composition, distractions for me cloned out, bill cleaned up somewhat.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi John, nice composition and capture. I like the apple blossoms and leaves on the perch but feel that they are too prominent in the bg. Would be good to tone the brightest areas down a bit. The red channel is clipped in the yellows, which makes them too bright for the rest of the image. There is a good discussion of problems with yellow here - http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/35243

Nice birds, we have different orioles out my way and they are excellent subjects.