Orchard Oriole

[Geoffrey Montagu]

After seeing a pair of males a couple of weeks ago fly close but not landing, a few days later while headed for my car as the sun was just creeping behind the tree line at a local grassland, this male shows up with dinner, and some red berry stains on lower beak. C&C welcome.

D700, Nikon 500mm + 1.4x tc, 1/640, f 6.3, ISO 2500, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley Gimbal head.

Cropped from horizontal, NR, NIK DE.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice perch, pose and background. I would, however, put the bird much higher in the frame if possible.

[Randy Stout]

Geoffrey:

Interesting perch, and his being on the front keeps it from being overpowering.

I agree about the vertical choice, but might try a version with him a bit higher in the frame.

The IQ may be suffering a bit from the crop/ high ISO.

Cheers

Randy

PS: Karl and I were typing at the same time, he was just faster!

[Marina Scarr]

Visually lovely and I like the vertical comp as well. I would rather see the bird in the upper 1/3 or lower 1/3 of the frame. Lovely BG and perch.

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful image of oriole on nice perch. You have options to play around with composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks Everyone, and I agree Randy and Marina with your suggestions re moving the bird up or down in the frame.




Geoffrey