Eastern Bluebird -- Male

[Bryan Erb]

I went to Middle Creek WMA this afternoon hoping to get some more flight shots of Snow Geese, but they were in an area not accessible to the public. Fortunately I found a pair of Bluebirds checking out one of the nest boxes they have. The images I made of them, made the trip well worth it.



1DmkIIn, 500 4L IS, 1.4 TC, ISO 200, EV +2/3, 1/500 @ f8, Car as blind, Beanbag for support. Almost full frame.

Comments and Critiques welcome.

[Jim Fenton]

Love the parch and the background.

Two things I might try...

-Toning down the blue saturation a bit
-Cropping to loose some of that long stalk and to place more emphasis on the bird itself.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find and image. I like the perch, pose, details and soft light. I might crop a bit off the bottom and would prefer if the upper part of BG were not darker. The blues look fine on my monitor.

[Arthur Morris]

I like it quite a bit just as it is, esp. the sharpness and the image design. An option would be to clean up the upper mandible amd the upper flank.

[denise ippolito]

Bryan, This is very nice. The composition and colors are lovely. I would crop a bit from the bottom,but not much. I think the BG is super!

[Raymond Barlow]

wonderful image Bryan, some off the bottom as mentioned, the rest looks excellent.

[Stu Bowie]

The exposure and colours look perfect to me. Comp wise, I would cut off at the bottom where the perch splits. I like this lots. Well done.

[Glenn Bartley]

Fantastic! Love the perch, pose, Bg......Everything!

[Mike Lentz]

Blues look fine to me as well. I'd crop some off the bottom as well. Nice image. :)