Indigo Bunting

[Danny J Brown]

I hope you enjoy this image of a female indigo bunting that I took during a lunchtime hike at the Conservation Area where I work. It took me a little bit to figure out what she was until I noticed all of the bright indigo males she was mixing with and then I saw the similarity in their beaks. About a 20% crop.

Canon EOS 40D; Canon 300 F4 L IS; 1/125; F/5.0; EC 0; ISO 200; Manfrotto 055XB w/488RC2; PP in Canon DPP.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image Danny , nice techs and HA here , details on bird looks fine
IMHO blurring a bit of busy BG should help to pop up vird nicely
TFS

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wonderful detail and excellent eye contact in this image Danny. I agree with Harshad about the BG . What a great opportunity to see this beauty on your lunchtime and to be able to capture it. Many thanks for sharing .

[denise ippolito]

Danny, Nice afternoon catch! I like the pose and details. The autumnal colored BG is nice. I might tone down the lighter branches in the BG -but I think it is blurred enough.

[Brian Barcelos]

Great exposure and nice and sharp. I'd personally try toning down the bright branches running through the BG instead of blurring. Wish the perch wasn't so big also. Great job all around Danny.

[Danny J Brown]

Yea, the little critter sure picked a big ole branch to land on but its not a bad looking one as far as big branches go. Thanks for the input guys. Its always fun to receive comments.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I too vote for some blurring of the BG Danny Bhai, but great pose, nice HA and details.. congrats..

[Stu Bowie]

Great job you have, shooting away your passion. Lovely sighting, and I too like the autumn colours. Well captured Danny.

[James Salywoda]

Nice shot Danny Excellent pose and details....