theme: bluebird

[annmpacheco]

I was delighted and fortunate to have a nesting bluebird pair in my yard this summer for the first time. They were very skittish and I only grabbed this shot so i wouldn't stress or spook them. Cleaned up some white wash on this ho-hum branch and removed a small intersecting twig. No boost to colors, they are this vibrant. Contrasted with the greens in the BG, the blue certainly pops.

D5
600mm

ISO 2500
f 5.0
1/500

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Hi Ann.

Excellent capture of this beauty. Great look back pose, with beautiful soft light. Outstanding fine detail, and interesting background.


Geoffrey




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[Paul Burdett]

Hi Ann,
Another top shot from you. Ditto Geoffrey's comments, although I must admit that I do find the light BG section to the left of the bird a little distracting...a small nitpic though. TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

A super shot Ann, I like the background pattern and half frame effect. Details in the bird are excellent.

[David Roach]

Love the pose, details and colors. The bird is perfectly detailed and the BG is almost the second subject for me. Super cool canvas. TFS

[John Mack]

The look back pose is very nice. Also like the perch. Detail looks very good.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely light and colors. Great pose. Feels a bit centered in the frame. Don't know if you have room to the left, to recompose with the bird a little further to the right. But works nicely just as posted.

[Brian Sump]

Ann, such a beauty of a subject. Does the orange wrap around the back of the neck (i.e. Western)?

It looks like you were shooting in shadows here, but you did a nice job with it. Thank goodness for the D5 (wish I had one at times). I wonder if you couldn't add a touch more exposure without compromising as it feels a touch dark for me.

In a perfect world, would have some foliage on the branch but with a boldly colored bird and dreamy bkg you captured a nice frame!

[Dorian Anderson]

Soft colors in this frame carry it. Exposure and detail look very nice, and I can live with slightly-elevated shooting angle and branch given that this doesn't look like a set-up (i.e a natural frame).

[annmpacheco]

Ann, such a beauty of a subject. Does the orange wrap around the back of the neck (i.e. Western)?

It looks like you were shooting in shadows here, but you did a nice job with it. Thank goodness for the D5 (wish I had one at times). I wonder if you couldn't add a touch more exposure without compromising as it feels a touch dark for me.

In a perfect world, would have some foliage on the branch but with a boldly colored bird and dreamy bkg you captured a nice frame!

Hi Brian, no the orange/rust is front and side only.

[Brian Sump]

Hi Brian, no the orange/rust is front and side only.

Ah ok, then appears to be Eastern.

PS - at another glance I feel like exposure is great. Not sure what I saw the first time, great job!