Indigo Bunting

[Jason G. Harrison]

After cutting a field for hay, I noticed the next field to be cut was loaded with Indigo Buntings and Goldfinches working over the Chicory. I came back the next day and set up right in the middle of all of this stuff, which was about 3 feet high. It was not long that I was surrounded again by the Buntings and Finches. This shot was taken when a Male INBU perched on a long Chicory stem on the edge of the field. The background is the field that had just been cut and bailed and it rendered a nice green background.

Taken with a D300, 600VR, 1.4TC, f/6.3, ISO 400, 1/1000th SS



Hope you enjoyed.

Jason

[Stephen Stephen]

Jason a beautiful bird that I've never seen. Lovely BG and a bonus having the bird in song. I might suggest cropping this into more a a protrait format rather than the squarish presentation that you have here.

I'd still love to have this in my collection.

[Suzanne Huot]

Beautiful image and a little singing going on adds to the interest,The perch and angle it is set works beautifully as does the background

[Arthur Morris]

A nice reward after work. I like the basic COMP but would like to see a bit more room above so as not to clip the top of the chicory. Beautiful singing pose.

[Phil Liew]

Lots of detail and like the others have mentioned a lovely singing pose. I suppose you may have thought about the portrait crop but that would have meant losing the top part of the chicory and less of the left side. I reckon it is good the way it is.

[Jason G. Harrison]

Thanks for the thoughts thus far. I like the basic comp, but do see it was too tight on top. Here is a revised verison that has more room on top. Thanks again for all the replies.



Thanks,

Jason

[Lorant Voros]

Hello Jason,

Nicely planned work and nicely carried out. Repost looks better with the comp.; love the colors,perch, the beautiful pose and the clean BG. Well done.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely compo, killer BG , bang on expo and to add icing on cake awesome species
repost is better IMHO
TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Jason, The repost is a big improvement. From ABP II: if an object is worth including in the frame, be sure to include the whole thing and to give it a small border...

As presented, I would crop a bit from the back and more from the front to get to 3 X 2.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Beautiful bird, thanks for sharing.
Love the singing pose, the open beak and the killer BG.

Just my two cents.

[Rohan Kamath]

loved the last repost... works nicely...what a beautiful species!!!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great pose, perch, light, BG, detail, colors, comp and species! JUst.. congratulaitons!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, perch and BG, sharpness looks good, too. The repost looks much better and I like Juan's idea to remove the twig.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Beautiful, I like your revised version. Everything in this image is awesome but what really stands out for me is the singing pose

[Danny Laredo]

Wonderful image, I like your repost and Juan's version as well.
The pose is excellent as is the whole setup.

[Doug Brown]

Terrific singing pose! Another vote for Juan's repost with the twig removed.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Good photography, last post is over the top - congrats.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent image with lots of nice detail and super colors. I like Juan's repost best. Works for me. :)