Eastern Bluebird

[Karl Egressy]

The Bluebirds have not arrived to our area yet, except one pair that I qould not relocate.
This shot is from 2008, processed just recently

Canon 40D
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS plus 1.4x ext.
ISO 250
f 7.1
1/250 sec
natural perch, called in with song.






Thanks for looking.

[Arthur Morris]

Very nicely done. Love the perch, the entry point of the perch, and the perfect exposure and saturation. Plus a good head angle to go with the pose. Is the perch a natural one or part of a set-up? It is perfect for the bird and I love the BKGR.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Artie has covered it all. Beautiful image and the composition is gorgeous.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Karl, picture perfect. Comp, sharpness, perch, bird, colors, exposure, DOF, BG, light, HA.....everything really. Just an awesome awesome shot.

[Karl Egressy]

Thank you Artie, thank you all.
Artie, the perch was part of a shrub, about 35 m (105 feet) from the nesting box. I was in the car, that was my blind and played the song from an ipod.
I chose a location where there was only one shrub, so the landing of the bird was predictable and the background was a distant evergreen tree.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Head angle, perch and BG look great. I might add a tad more room at the bottom so that the perch is not in the corner.

[Alex Thomson13]

I chose a location where there was only one shrub, so the landing of the bird was predictable and the background was a distant evergreen tree.

Way to think ahead Karl. A fantastic and well deserved image.

[Arthur Morris]

Thank you Artie, thank you all. Artie, the pech was part of a shrub, about 35 m (105 feet) from the nesting box. I was in the car, that was my blind and played the song from an ipod. I chose a location where there was only one shrub, so the landing of the bird was predictable and the background was a distant evergreen tree.

Great plan well executed. I like the perch entering from the corner but I would probably lose that first stem as it makes things a bit tight....

[Karl Egressy]

Great plan well executed. I like the perch entering from the corner but I would probably lose that first stem as it makes things a bit tight....

You are right about it Artie, thanks. Or I could have cropped it just a bit wider. But for some reason I wanted to position the branch right in the corner. I guess I'll remove the little stem.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice plan, well executed, good looking subject and result.

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful BG, perch and nice colors. Like everything here

TFS

[Danny Laredo]

Excellent all around image. Congrats.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks for all the comments.
As per Artie's suggestion, one stem removed from the bottom right hand corner to improve composition.

[Adrian David]

Gorgeous Photo! The repost looks better...

[Mike Lentz]

I like the BG and perch. Its definitely a bit oversaturated however.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hats off!
Love the repost and bird. All has been covered. Great job.

[Arthur Morris]

Even sweeter. Now you just have to avoid prosecution by the Botany Police :)

[James Salywoda]

Stunning image of this species Karl a very nice pose and excellent detail.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice image, repost is even better. I pretty much like everything about it and everything has been mentioned above. Nagyon szép fénykép :-)