mountain bluebird

[Dave Slaughter]

A young, inexperienced and cooperative subject.
Canon Xti
sigma 170-500 mm lens at 372 mm
32 mm extension tube
f13
1/125
ISO 400
No cropping. Noise reduction added to sky. The fencepost was darkened a bit.
Thanks for looking

[Cheryl Flory]

great detail! you can even see the details of the eye cere. wonderful pose. hope to see more photos of this cooperative youngster!

[Lisa Williams]

Now that is close, a lovely shot and the colors are excellent. I would have liked a little more area below the end of his tail, but when it's full frame can't do anything about that.

[Gus Cobos]

I like the composition, he details on the bird are razor sharp with very pleasing colors. You did well with the exposure, considering the harsh sun light. the head angle and eye contact is there. My only suggestion would be to add a little bit of canvas at the bottom to make more room for Mr. Bird's tail...congrats...good show...:cool:

[George DeCamp]

Gorgeous bird and well done on the technicals! Nice and sharp, good colors as well! I am with Gus, little more room kicks this up a notch!!

[James Shadle]

Dave,
I'm with Gus and George on this, except I would like to see a little more room all the way around with special attention
to the bottom right (as mentioned by Gus).

I know we create images when opportunities present themselves. But if you can create images when the sun is lower in the sky, it can take an image from very good to great.

James

[Doug Brown]

Good job Dave! I agree with the other posts. I would selectively sharpen the feathers on the head, but that's about it other than what's already been mentioned. Thanks for posting!

[Julie Kenward]

Super image! That bird is gorgeous and you did a beautiful job making him appear so here.

[Katie Rupp]

Hi Dave, lots of good suggestions here for making this very good image even better. Such a sweet bird.

[Lance Peters]

Everything covered for me - well done :)