Eastern Bluebird in flight

[Matthew Studebaker]

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Cleveland, Ohio | March | Canon 40D | Canon 500mm f4 IS | 1.4x extender | hand held | ISO 250 f7 1/800sec | 90% of capture
The snow is still melting away in East Cleveland. It made for a nice light bg in this shot yesterday.

[Eddy Matuod]

great capture! longing to get a photo of this bird.

[John Cooper]

A nice flight capture Matt with wings caught in the raised position. Nicely composed in the frame and great BG.

[Linda Robbins]

Great to catch a flight image like this! Sharp on the face, and a nice clean background. Well done. Was this near a nest box or a feeder?

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb capture Matthew, tack sharp, great eye contact and fantastic pose.

[Philip Pietri]

That is just sick! Incredible photo. No nits.

[Paul Pagano]

Really very nicely done.

[Dieter Schaefer]

Superb - no nits here.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light and (landing?) pose. Did you make the image near a box?

[Gus Cobos]

Very nicely done Matthew,
Love the action, colors of your subject and the detail. However I would like to see more canvas to the left of your subject, or crop a little from the right of the frame. It's too centered for my taste...:D

[Alfred Forns]

Just beautiful Matthew !! Can only add I would have used a higher ISO for increased shutter speed I think you could have gotten the legs sharp!!!

[Glenn Bartley]

Really neat image Matthew. Good job!

[Raymond Barlow]

killer shot Matthew .

[Lori A. Cash]

Awesome capture, Matthew.

[RR Donavan]

Very nice image. An image like this is very difficult to make. After 1000's of attempt to capture bluebirds in flight, I have no satisfactory results. Please share how you made this image at 700mm and handheld.

Roy

[Matthew Studebaker]

To answer your question Linda, yes this was the bird's predictable manouver as he went from the top of the nest box and hovered to enter the box hole.