Eastern Bluebird on Loblolly Pine

[Alan Murphy]

Eastern Bluebird on Loblolly Pine

Harris Co, TX

D2Xs, 600, ISO 320, f8, 1/500, -0.3 EV.

[Jim Fenton]

Beautiful setting with perfect sharpness and OOF characteristics of the background.

Blues on the wing look a tad over saturated / hot and perhaps the whites on the belly could be toned down just a little?

Composition wise, I might have tried the bird a bit lower in the frame as it appears to my eyes as though it's a bit to high overall?

[Ofer Levy]

Perfect techs as always. Beautiful light and colours. Won't change the composition.

[Don Lacy]

Hi Allen, Wonderful perch and details on the Bluebird, I pulled the image into PS and some of the whites on the breast were reading in the 253-254 ranges probably from the conversion to sRGB.

[Julie Brown]

Alan, this is beautiful. I love everything about it.:)

[Craig Wallace]

Hi Alan, Very nice image, as usual. I shoot a D2xs, how do you deal with the noise of the higher iso's? Love all your work.
Thanks Craig.

[Alan Murphy]

Hi Alan, Very nice image, as usual. I shoot a D2xs, how do you deal with the noise of the higher iso's? Love all your work.
Thanks Craig.

I don't shoot above ISO 320 on that camera, so I don't have any noise to deal with. If I need more shutter speed, I use my D3. Thanks.

[Jean Chang]

Beautiful shot, Alan! Was this a set-up, or were you lucky enough to find this perfect perch and background? The colors are stunning. I love everything about this one.

Jean

[Alan Murphy]

Beautiful shot, Alan! Was this a set-up, or were you lucky enough to find this perfect perch and background? The colors are stunning. I love everything about this one.

Jean

Hi Jean, this was a set up. Thanks.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful perch and pose, and beautiful background as usual for your setups. Another handsome shot. I would leave the comp as is.

[Kiran Poonacha]

great setting here bhai.. loved the bird too..

[Markus Jais]

Fantastic shot, as always!
Wonderful perch. Light, colors and BG are perfect!
I only wish this was a Mountain Bluebird as I think they are even more beautiful :-)

Markus

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image! There is nothing I would change here.

[Vida van der Walt]

Wonderful image. Love the light, colours, perch and bg.:)