Eastern Bluebird

[Mike Lentz]

This guy was about to launch if I remember correctly.



Nikon D300 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 with Nikon 1.4x TC
ISO 400 ~ F/10 ~ 1/1250 sec ~ - 2/3 EV ~

[Markus Jais]

Awesome!!!
Great light and colors. The open wings are fantastic as is the perch. One of the best bluebird shots I've seen.

Markus

[Dan Walker]

Love the perch, bg and wing position. Wish for some separation between the head and right wing, the bill seems lost. nice image

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Lovely image. My impression was the same as Dan's about the bill merge. I tweaked the color behind the bill a bit to try and help with the separation. Lots of options here, but thought this one helped a bit. You could adjust the shade a bit, but I think the idea comes through.

Would love to have this one in my files!

Randy

[Dave Barnes]

I like the colours and comp. Nice BG and the flowers a plus.
Randy's repost does assist with the separation.

[David Fletcher]

Lovely arrangement and the repost helps.

[Richard Stern]

Agree that the repost looks better. The flowers add to the image, and any tighter crop would make it less effective for me. Nice un-fussy background.

Richard

[Ramon M. Casares]

Stunning! Great comp, terrific perch, lovely BG, colors, detail and pose! If something, in a perfect world the head wouldn't have merged with the wing. Congratulations!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the perch, raised wings and BG and also wish for wing/beak separation. Randy's repost helps in that respect. Considering the blossoms, I'm assuming you made this a while ago, right?

[Bruce Enns]

Beautiful image! I like everything about it, and the perch with blossoms and raised wings are wonderful. Like most others, I wish for more separation between the birds head and it's right wing. Randy's repost helps some in this regard, and as suggested, some S/H adjustment might help a bit more.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Mike Lentz]

I like the perch, raised wings and BG and also wish for wing/beak separation. Randy's repost helps in that respect. Considering the blossoms, I'm assuming you made this a while ago, right?

Yes Axel, I made this back about two months ago when Grace and Jimmy G were in town.:)

Thanks for the feedback guys. ;)

[Gal Shon]

Such a beautiful perch (but a bit dominant for me) and BG,

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Mike this is a terrific image. Love the composition and raised wings. Randy's repost really worked here. I might suggest to tone down the petals.

[Kobus Tollig]

Super shot well done. I like what Randy did. Great comp bg and pose