I took a drive along one of the local bluebird trails a couple of weeks ago and found that one of the boxes is occupied, but the bluebirds would only perch on the nearby barbed wire or atop the nestbox itself. So I went back last week armed with a couple of perches, and fastened them to the barbed wire when both birds were out, and when they came back they immediately took to them. Photographed from the comfort of my car.
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, natural light, handheld (lens resting on window opening), 1/160s., f/8, ISO 400, small crop for comp (85% FF), darkened pupil, darkened a couple of spots on the perch.
06-23-2013, 08:02 PM
Karl Egressy
Nice looking back pose and a beautiful smooth green background. Great image, Daniel.
06-23-2013, 10:23 PM
Diane Miller
Stunning detail and wonderful DOF on the bird! The perch is perfect!
06-23-2013, 11:49 PM
Shawn Zierman
Great backside view. Light quality is soft and easy on the eyes. Bluebird looks great. Perfect dof on the perch and bird. Background is well controlled. Perch is fine, but perhaps something a bit more inspired could have been used... :) Great call on working with the birds where they were comfortable though.
06-24-2013, 09:17 AM
Satish Ranadive
Excellent look back pose, Daniel Sir.
Wonderful colors on bird with colors and details.
Love the look back pose and composition.
Regards,
Satish.
06-24-2013, 10:50 AM
Stu Bowie
Hi Dan, Ive always enjoyed the blues on this species, and this pose not only shows off the blues so well, but the feather detail on the wing too. Good DOF, love the perch to one side of the frame, and the bg works well.
Yep, shooting from a car has its benefits. :w3
06-24-2013, 11:28 AM
Frank Schauf
Beautiful and colorful image.
06-24-2013, 01:32 PM
vishaljadhav
Nicely composed the blues look sweet
i love that BG , excellent details
06-24-2013, 04:47 PM
PhilCook
Nice deep dof from tail tip to beak, like the over the shoulder stare, interesting perch as well...beautiful !
