Pine Grosbeak Surrounded by Orange.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Among the ornamental crabapple trees in this park are a couple of beautiful orange-fruiting ones, including a nice and low one. Low-and-behold on one of the mornings I photographed the Pine Grosbeaks this was their tree of choice to feed off. When this female ventured to the edge, I lined up with the other orange tree to get some similar colours in the BG as well.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/250s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, usual eye work.

[dankearl]

Bird and perch very well done as usual. The BG is very attractive on its own, but does overwhelm the subject a bit.

[Arthur Morris]

Might just be better than the first one of the female ... I am trying to decide if I like the partially raised wing or not. What do others think?

with love, artie

[annmpacheco]

Love it Dan, great you lined up the "orange" perfectly! I like both just can't decide.

[Isaac Grant]

This is just about perfect Daniel. Congrats man. Colors and pose and that background are to die for. I would prefer if the wing was not raised.

[John Mack]

Love the colors here. This is better than the first one in my opinion. Like how the wing is tucked back.

[Peter Scholer]

Orange colors work really well for me. So much detail with very interesting crabapple berries. Fantastic framing and detail in a grosbeak. Beautifully done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, lovely colours throughout the image, and I like the semi raised wing.

[gail bisson]

I absolutely love this.
The colors are so beautiful and unique.
You are killing me with these fantastic grosbeak images!
Can I come and play at your house!!
Gail

[Ivan Sjogren]

You have got a very beautiful series of these Grosbeaks Daniel, congrats! The background is wonderful in the way it matches the bird. I especially like the it is layerd by the in-focus berries on the branch, the slightly OOF berries to the left and the very OOF berries on the right and middle. I'm a fan of the raised wing, or it doesn't bother me anyway. Great exposure and eye contact.

[Bill Dix]

Another beauty! Colors are excellent in perch, bird and BG. Not sure about the raised wing, but not an issue for me.

[arash_hazeghi]

classic holiday post card image Daniel. love the perch and the colors, I also would pick the one with the wing retracted if you have one but this is nice too

TFS