Baltimore Oriole

[Bill Dix]

From Sapsucker Woods in mid-May. Cleaned up some oof perch elements. C&C always appreciated.

D7000, 500f4 + 1.4, ISO 1250, 1/640s @ f/6.3 manual, tripod

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image. Sharp and well composed, Bill.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful all around. Color is outstanding.

[Karl Egressy]

The pose, perch and background makes the picture for me, Bill.
The diagonal perch and the placement of the bird is excellent.

[gail bisson]

Hi Bill,
I really like the colors in this image.
IQ is excellent and I like the head position of the bird. I wish there wasn't a merge between the beak and the flowers but still lovely as is.
If this was mine I might be tempted to crop more off the LHS eliminating the 3 OOF flowers on lower branch,
Gail

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent perch, pose and design, Bill, I like this a lot.

[Alan Murphy]

Ah Bill, that is nice, especially the feeding in the flower. The image could really benifit from a warming filter IMO.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Bill! I like the pose, perch, IQ, exposure and BG. Is that grass in the BG?

[rajojomanik]

Yes, it's all about the colors. Nice perch, BG and great IQ.

[Rachel Hollander]

Bill, very nice. Colors and IQ are fantastic.

TFS,
Rachel

[Bruce Enns]

Lovely Bill. Gorgeous colours and really like the flowers on the perch and the feeding behaviour mentioned by Alan. Great sharp details on the bird and a nice clean background. Well done.

Bruce

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Alan. I hadn't noticed the bluish cast on the flowers, but the addition of a #85 filter at 15% density was enough to make the whites more neutral. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Gail: I do have a frame where the beak is free of the foliage, and I admit I was a bit torn. But I decided I preferred the more dynamic version with the feeding pose despite the overlap. I'm not crazy about the 3 oof flowers, but didn't like the proportions I would get by cropping them out.

Jim: This was shot near the entrance of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, on May 4th. The BG is an oof tree in spring foliage.

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful shot. Great pose, love the perch and background. Excellent details and the repost is much better.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose BG details the repost takes it to the top TFS

[Marina Scarr]

Wonderful capture, and the repost takes it even better. Thanks to Alan for pointing out the fact that this image needed some warming up b/c I would not have noticed. Comp works great, and I love the beak within the flowers b/c it adds another element. If the bird's beak were not merging, it would be just another pretty picture...where here it is telling more of a story.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you Robert, Arash and Marina. I appreciate the comments.