Mourning Dove in garden

[Gina Hallgren]

Hello:

Another bird from our morning in the garden yesterday. Full frame with 600 px slice off the bottom.

CC's always welcome ~ reposts too.

Gina

Olympus E-520, Zuiko 70-300mm @ 550 mm equiv. HH
F/6.0, 1/1250s, ISO 100, Auto WB

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Gina,
I like the pano crop, you have sharp details and good color rendition on the dove. the head angle and sharp eye contact are good...would have liked to have seen a little lower capture angle if possible, but this is ok...:) I would recommend in desaturing the background elements just a tad...the strong colors are competing with your main subject...looking forward to your next one...good show...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gina - nice looking bird - agree with gus on the techs, especialy the lower capture angle and also the BG - IMHO just needs something to make the bird POP from the BG a little, not enough seperation (if thats the right word) from the BG to make him really stand out.

Keep them coming :)

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Gina

With the bird looking up at you the lower angle seems to be less important I like it I'm not sure about the colors .. maybe a little warm? It is a fine looking image and glad your going after doves !!! Neat birds !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Good HA and sharpness Gina. Agree with desaturating the BG to make the dove stand out a bit more.