Field Songs #1: Indigo Bunting

[Bill Dix]

In these dog days of summer, birding in our area is sparse. But a morning or evening visit to the local grasslands rewards one with the songs of a number of summer visitors, including this Indigo Bunting. A birding friend refers to him as the Shakespeare Bird, since he sings in couplets: "Fire Fire, Where Where, Here Here". He tends to like the juncture of field and forest edge, and the invasive Multiflora Rose makes a convenient perch from which to sing.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 1250, 1/1000s @ f/7.1 manual, fill @ -2.0.

[Karl Egressy]

Beauty image, excellent pose perch and background, Bill. One of the easiest bird songs to learn. Much easier than some of the Warblers' song.

[adrian dancy]

This bird looks superb singing among the foliage. The colours and detail are excellent and the over all image is a 10/10 for me.

[Diane Miller]

Maybe an 11 out of 10 for the framing of the perch! Perfect! (The bird isn't bad, either...)

[stuart wanuck]

niceley done

[Lorant Voros]

I love the setting with the colors. The pano crop works well here, but I'd crop tighter.TFS.

[Karen Pleasant]

SWEET! Perfect perch and uncluttered background. Nice details in the bird. Superb! TFS!

[keith mitchell]

Excellent piece of work Bill, that smashing little bird fits beautifully on that foliage and BG ,would not change a thing.


Keith.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Bill. Thank you for sharing.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Very nice capture, Bill. He landed in the perfect part of the perch. Great framing and beautiful BG. The greens work so well with the INBU blues.




Geoffrey

[MiroslavMaric]

Great frame, nice capture. The bird pose, perch, DOF and light are very nice. Well done! TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, very nicely done indeed! July is the middle of the birding doldrums here too, there is almost something somewhere. Beautiful clean composition, nice singing pose with a perfect head angle.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Daniel.

[gail bisson]

Ooo...I like this one!!
No nits from me.
Great comp.
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Gail.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful perch and nice composition.