For a long time Ive tried to get a shot of one of these guys. They are so beautiful with there deep blue colors and a green BG. Yesterday during a rain storm I managed to get this shot, through the window of my office. I have feeders out there and this guy was looking for some sunflower seeds but the feeder was occupied with a batch of Rose Breasted Grossbeaks at the time so he had to wait his turn in a nearby tree.
1d Mk III
500 F4 w 1.4 tc
braced on bean bag resting on my desk
1/100
f.6.3
iso 800
photo cropped in about 25%
very minor cloning of branch near beak
location northwest Wisconsin near Saint Croix Falls.
thanks everyone for all your help so far.. this is a great site and you are great people and great photographers.
Aside from a few too many thiin branches in BKGR I like it. Nice head angle and saturated colors.
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A very gentle pose. The colors are very vivid which makes your subject pop in the frame. However, I find the bird soft in my monitor, Artie already mentioned the BG.
Indigo Bunting
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