Bluebird

[Robert Strickland]

I have to give some training to my adult bluebird before they would come to the mealworm feeder. I had to place some on the ground to get them to come in. once they learned to come in to the ground, I placed some in the feeder and they picked up on it and started flying regularly to the feeder. The photo was shot with a Canon EOS 7D with a Canon EF 100-400, f4.5-5.6 L IS USM lens. Shot at 1/1000, at f8, ISO 400

[Lyle Gruby]

Great dynamic pose, IQ looks nice. I like the motion in the wings and tail feathers. I'd try to get one without the feeder in the shot, and in a little better light.

[Marina Scarr]

Very cool pose and good feather details. Personally wish for no feeder in the image not b/c it's a feeder but b/c it's not very attractive and doesn't really add much to the image.

[Karen Forderer]

I really like the wing position. I'm still trying to locate one of these birds. I do agree that the feeder detracts from the photo.

[Arthur Morris]

Wing position nice but harsh, overhead light is way less then ideal. If you use a tiny platform feeder it would be easy to eliminate it after the fact in Photoshop. The one in the photo is a monster :). There are lots of great feeder tips in Alan Murphy's two great guides. You can find them on the page here.

[Arthur Morris]

ps: placing the feeder in front of a more distant more even BKGR would yield a nicer image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Killer "braking" pose here! Sharp, and the harsh light dealt with best you could. Now that you have them trained to feed on mealworms you can try the same technique on better perches (a nicely weathered fence post would be neat). Worth a try!