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Grace Scalzo
03-28-2012, 09:24 PM
Nothing fancy, just a bird on a stick. :S3: The background is grass growing in a field and I did offer her the perch and some worms.
1/1250, f 5.6, ISO400
Canon 1Dmk4, 500 f4 + 1.4tc, blubb from car as a blind
Tom Rambaut
03-28-2012, 09:26 PM
A simple pretty image. I like the alert look back pose and the size of the perch with the toes wrapped around the branches is a nice touch.
Marina Scarr
03-28-2012, 09:32 PM
Such a pleasing capture, Grace. The colors all work well together. The angle is great, as is the perch. Simple and elegant is how I would describe it.
dankearl
03-28-2012, 10:07 PM
Wonderful image, Grace.
Really nice DOF at 5.6, sharp throughout and the BG is superb.
Very nice.
Ron Sprunger
03-28-2012, 10:18 PM
Another lovely image, Grace. Hoping to get up to Montana this spring and get some shots at them, but I don't expect to do anything as perfect as this. It's terrific. I love the posture, perch, BG, comp -- and especially the wonderful gentleness of the image. Thanks for this one.
gail bisson
03-29-2012, 05:04 AM
This is the classic, elegant look I am always looking for in my perched bird shots. The muted colors are lovely. Appropriate sized perch that is simple and doesn't overpower the bird and allows the small details , such as the feet, to be seen. Nice HA and IQ. The detail is so good I can see the individual tufts of feathers around the beak. Nice clean "Artie certified" BG!
I really like this one Grace,
Gail
Mark Itol
03-29-2012, 06:28 AM
Great detail and colors. Lovely pose, too.
Melissa Groo
03-29-2012, 07:02 AM
How to make a bird on a stick into art. Beautiful job, Grace. Elegant is the word (which applies to so many of your images). HA, colors, detail, BG, this has it all. I have one probably dumb question--did you really literally offer her worms somehow?
jack williamson
03-29-2012, 08:19 AM
This is excellent Grace! I love it all, the perfect ha, the perch, exp. and sharpness are right on. The bg compliments the bird perfectly. Simply excellent.
Jack
Daniel Cadieux
03-29-2012, 09:29 AM
Excellent! I want to experiment with mealworms this year and this image really adds to that urge. Beautifully simple...or simply beautiful, both work:S3:
Karl Egressy
03-29-2012, 12:30 PM
Nice clean shot, with pleasing background, Grace.
Frank Schauf
03-29-2012, 12:42 PM
Excellent light, details and bg.
Kaustubh Deshpande
03-29-2012, 05:38 PM
Grace, beautiful shot...not easy in a non-setup situation. Well done positioning your car for that angle and BG. liked the perch and nice details throughout.
Arthur Morris
03-29-2012, 05:51 PM
Sweet simple bird, perch and background. Nice soft light. Pretty much perfect. :)
Jim Crosswell
03-29-2012, 09:46 PM
Excellent image Grace! I like the pose, perch, details, sharpness and composition.
arash_hazeghi
03-30-2012, 01:35 AM
great pose perch and nice BG.
Robert Holguin
03-30-2012, 01:42 AM
Beautiful image. Excellent pose, wonderful background and perch. Superb feather detail, and wonderful comp.
Well done.
RAM MALLYA
03-30-2012, 03:44 AM
Loved the look back pose , perch and the light on the bird
Grace Scalzo
03-30-2012, 09:45 AM
Thank you all for your kind words on this image. A few of you asked some questions so I'm answering here rather than pm's. It was taken in a horribly ugly industrial complex. There is a woods, a very small opening with beautiful tall grasses in it, and then a barbed wire fence atop a chain link. I noticed several weeks ago that there were several blue birds that would fly from the woods to the barbed wire. So I decided to try and see if instead of them perching on the barbed wire I could get them to perch on something that I put out, using the grass as a bg. I bought meal worms from a pet store (By the reptiles in a refrig) and put them on a small stool in front of a tripod that I clamped a perch to. Then angled my car and waited them out. Took several trips. I did get questioned by a policeman as to what I was doing and he was gracious and let me stay.
Thanks again.
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