Painted Bunting Bathing

[Dave Mills]

Shot this in Texas earlier this month. Fun to watch them thrash around.
Nikon D300, 500MM F/4 lense, F/8 1/1000, ISO 800, 0 Comp, Tripod mtd.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Exposure control, angle and eye contact look good. I might crop a bit off the bottom and wish for a bit more head turn toward you.

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto all Axel said well done here

[Randy Stout]

Dave:

I think Axel hit the important tech. points. I do agree about the crop up. Head angle very close, but yes, I think a couple degrees more towards us would be great.

Lovely colors, I particularly like the lighter green on back.

Cheers

Thanks for posting him.

Randy

[Charles Wesley]

Dave,

My friend from Texas has some great images of painted buntings. Have not seen this behavior. You did an excellent job with exposure and color control. I heard they like bird calls.

Thanks for sharing this nice photo...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL