requesting fly by?

[Mike Lentz]

Spent some time with these easy going eastern Bluebirds this past weekend and came away with a few images.



Nikon D300 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 w/1.4x Nikon TC ~ Gitzo tripod ~
ISO 400 ~ F/8 ~ 1/1000 sec ~

[Doug Brown]

Nice light and wing position. The eye is sharp and I don't mind a little wing blur. What was the BG?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, details, exposure control and wing position.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Super BG and wing pose too. Lovely colors. I don't remember seeing this bird often in posts. I love it!

[Stu Bowie]

Pin sharp where it counts, and love the flying posture. I also like the complimentary colours in the BG. Congrats Mike.

[Mike Lentz]

Nice light and wing position. The eye is sharp and I don't mind a little wing blur. What was the BG?

Hi Doug, I should have mentioned that... Its on a wide open prairie and it goes on for a long time and slightly downhill away from me.

Thanks for the feedback so far guys! :)

[Kim Rollins]

Mike -

Good capture, good colors and a complimentary BG too. Just enough wing blur to show motion and ...

I like it.

Thanks for showing it.

[denise ippolito]

Mike, Excellent image,well exposed with sharp details- BG looks fantastic.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very stunning image of one of my favorite species. Lovely lighting , flight pose and a killer BG. Love this one Mike !!!!

[Bill Sharkey]

Great shot and background of a very tough, fast blue bullet ... nice capture.

Bill

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic image, Mike.
I don't recall seeing too many flight shot of this species.

[Bryan Erb]

Beautiful image, Mike. The background compliments the bird nicely, nice wing position too.

[Sid Garige]

Stunning background and subject. Well done Mike.

[Grace Scalzo]

A real beauty, Mike. perfect bg and I love the wing blur.

[Steve Maxson]

Looks like you have a real winner here, Mike! I don't have anything new to add that hasn't already been said several times above. Wish we had some of these birds up here, but we're still in the midst of winter, it seems, with 8 inches of new snow yesterday. :(

[Mike Lentz]

Looks like you have a real winner here, Mike! I don't have anything new to add that hasn't already been said several times above. Wish we had some of these birds up here, but we're still in the midst of winter, it seems, with 8 inches of new snow yesterday. :(

Thanks guys! Steve, this snow has got to go away for good! We got about an inch and its melting pretty fast... would like to get a Bluebird image in light snow fall with no wind. :D

[Mark Dumbleton]

Stunning! Lovely BG and colours! Love the contrast in colours here!
Well done