Hooded Oriole male

[CM Prince]

This Hooded Oriole kept fly by so I shot some pictures on him.
There are no shadow as the day is over cast.



Nikon D90
1/640 sec. at f / 7.1
ISO 400
290 mm

All C & C greatly appreciated.

Just trying to improve.

Thanks in advance for looking and any reply.

C M

[Warren Spreng]

Beautiful colors, I'm new to this hobby so take my suggestions with a grain of salt. I'd like a little more DOF to have the feet and branch in focus, but as I have been reading other posts the eye and face are nice and sharp which I know is key!

[Diane Miller]

A very nice pose with good light and color and a nice background. The bird is facing out of the frame, so cropping in from the left would give a more pleasing composition and remove the fork in the branch, which competes with the bird for attention.

I'm not familiar with your equipment but the bird is a bit soft. The head does look sharpest, but as Warren pointed out, the depth of field is small. If the overall capture had been sharper the feet would be a little sharper. Were you on a tripod? If hand holding in low light, slight camera movements can soften an image.