Orchard Oriole

[Alan Murphy]

Orchard Oriole

Upper Texas coast

D2Xs, 600, ISO 250, f6.3, 1/800.

By plucking the very largest leaves of this Mulberry branch I was able to provide it as a perch for a set-up over a drip pond.
Having ripe berries still on the perch provided some great photo opportunities as a few different species made their way down to the water and stopped to feed on the fruit.

[Bill Dix]

Another amazing set-up shot! The ripe berries (including the one in the beak) make it magical. Colors and composition are exquisite; head-turn is perfect. Can I assume that you used a backdrop of some kind for the lovely BG?)

[Ofer Levy]

Too gorgeous Alan!!

[Danny J Brown]

Hey Alan: This is one of my favorite shots that you have arranged. Exposure and color control as just fabulous and the bird is beautiful. Also, I love mulberry trees! We have them everywhere along the rivers in Missouri and they attract a lot of birds and squirrels. Great image.

[Bryan Hix]

Great stuff Alan. Keep them coming.

[kenn threed]

A very lovely image Alan,

Excellent color and exposure, with very nice detail and highlights on the blacks.

Congrats on a really beautiful composition,

Kenn

[Alan Murphy]

Another amazing set-up shot! The ripe berries (including the one in the beak) make it magical. Colors and composition are exquisite; head-turn is perfect. Can I assume that you used a backdrop of some kind for the lovely BG?)

Hey Bill, the background is the lawn. The DOF on a 600 MM lens is so small that anything in the background that is of any distance away will render smooth and out-of-focus. I used no backdrop. Thanks.

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely species , terrific setup and great colors here ,
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow Bhai, loved the pose and light on this one. the red cheeries add so well to this... congrats..

[Zoltan Kovacs]

Fantastic comp! Excellent details and like, I really like it! Congrat!

[Seyed Babak Musavi]

What a very nice shot ,I did not know that you have Mullbery in us , We have also this tree in Iran but not this beautiful bird , I like pose , Comp and nice details in this shot , I like that remove some fruit that it is out of focus .
With best wishes
Babak

[Nagesh Mula]

Hi Alan, This looks great. Very sharp image and with the fruit in mouth and that look I simply loved it. Congrats!!

[Doug Brown]

Another excellent image Alan! The fruit in the beak and the great eye contact make this image for me.