White-winged Dove

[Isaac Grant]

When on my trip to Arizona one of the birds that I wanted a photo of was White-winged Dove. They are birds that show up as vagrants along the east coast, mostly in fall migration and birds that I spend a lot of time searching for, so despite the fact that they are are super abundant in Arizona, they are a bird that I wanted a photo of. However getting one perched on a nice perch and not an electric wire or fence post proved to be very difficult to do. So I was very happy when on the last morning this bird landed on this cactus. It was cloudy and a bit dark out when I took this picture. Cropped to vertical.

Canon 1dx mark ii and Canon 600 f4 ii + 1.4x iii. ISO 1250, F8, SS 1/800

[Arthur Morris]

This is a technically perfect very nice image. Great use of d-o-f to get the feet and the horizontal part of the cactus sharp. Do you know if this is a young bird? I think that the adults have some gorgeous blue colors somewhere on the face.

with love, artie

[Isaac Grant]

Thanks Artie. Young bird for sure for exactly the reason you said. I was surely a bit lucky with the DOF as well as the bird leaned forward and brought the head on the same plane as the feet.

[John Mack]

Very neat perch. Nice pose on the bird with a great background. Tack Sharp.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely shot of this dove. Great pose, perch and background. Yes, the adult has a striking red-orange iris surrounded by a lovely blue orbital ring, lacking in this youngster. Curiously, this bird seems to have a very long and light-colored bill compared to other images of the species. Maybe it's the perspective?

[Isaac Grant]

The beak does look large Bill. Probably just individual variation but could be enhanced by the angle as well.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the way the toes are splayed among the cactus' needles. Pretty cool image.