"Enjoying the first rays of sunshine"

[Gus Hallgren]

White-winged Dove bowing in reverence to the very first rays peeking over the Santa Rita Mountains in Southern AZ sitting on a Cholla Cactus yesterday at Sunrise.

Olympus E-510
Zuiko 140-600 equiv. Hand Held sitting.
Aperture Priority F/5.6 . . 1/160s
ISO 200
Auto WB

[Harold Davis]

great light and awesome perch, gus!! i really like it. only thing i could say is i wish for a better head angle and that the bg wasnt as busy. i think you could blur the bg and it would be a lot better!!

[Alfred Forns]

Blurring the bg might not be a bad idea It is far away enough that might look natural Might try brightening up the bird just a tad

I like the perch but would consider cropping the bottom part Will isolate the bird better All very sharp and real nice light angle !!! Excellent !!!!

[Nonda Surratt]

Really pretty! Love the colors and the light.

Like Alfreds fix and any critique has been covered..I really like this image.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Very nice colors, they are soft and pleasing. Also very sharp.
Congrats,

[Gus Cobos]

Great capture and composition Gus,
I like the soft earth tones in the background, and the sharp detail of your bird...:D

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks,

Thank you very much for looking at my post and kind words with the gentle crtitique.

Best regards

Gus :)