Mourning Dove.

I liked the way this Mourning Dove was perching with no obstructions to block the longish tail. A common bird but boy is it ever pretty, and the cooing is so soothing to the ears...especially at this time of year with spring being quite shy to fully engage!

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/250s., f/7.1, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, eye work to rid extra reflections in it, a darker line in lower left corner eliminated.

Such delicate pastel colors. Looks cold. We often overlook common and supposedly plain birds. Lovely shot.

very cool Dan, sometimes even a common bird can be photogenic!

A brilliant pose and the details and colours are so pleasing. really like this one Dan...

I'd much rather see a top notch shot of a common bird than an average one of a 'rarity'. This ticks all the boxes for me with the lovely pastels and simple pose. Good work

This gets an A+ in my books too

Lovely pastel colours and great clean image. really like the feather details in the puffed out breast

TFS

The late naturalist Consair deGooze wrote: "Never overlook the common birds; seek only rarities and you'll never learn anything. The common birds have so much to teach you if you let yourself learn from them." I'm inclined to agree!

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.

I agree Doves are beautiful and one of my favorite backyard subjects. They tend to be ground feeders so I am happy when one poses on a perch. Well done on this one!

Beautiful bird Daniel, lovely colors. I appears it is cold and puffing the feathers to keep warm. Nice image.

Daniel the fluffed up plumage and the soft pastel colours make this image for me, top shot!

Bird and background suit each other. Lovely shot.
John

Nice pose and detail, Daniel.

Love the colours and slight high key feel to the image. What are common bird for you, are birds I have never seen so its always interesting for me to see then posted.

TFS
Iain

its all been said,beautiful image,well done.

Beautiful pose, perch and BG on this Dove shot. Well seen and captured Daniel. I love the soft feathers of Mourning Doves.

Simply gorgeous. Soft light, soft colors in an image that imparts the feeling of the season. It's awesome when someone captures something common and presents it in a way that many couldn't.

A rarely photographed common bird yields a beautiful image. Love the pose, that pointy tail, and the image design as well as the BKGR.