Painted Bunting

[Fabs Forns]

Corkscrew Swamp, Florida

D300, 200-400/4 plus 1.7X
f/ 6.7, s/s 1/125, ISO 640
Flash manual mode 1/1

[Jim Poor]

Great details on a beautiful bird! I might crop a bit from the bottom and get rid of the one bare twig sticking down.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice looking bird Fabs,
I really like the colors,pose,details and bg!

[Scott Linstead]

Great job getting these Corkscrew birds on such a great perch. I know it is not an easy shoot over there.

[Alfred Forns]

No idea how you came up with this one Fabs Amazing image with no light !!!! Only thing I can see would make it better is having light Big Congrats !!!!! Glad you got your bunting !!!

[Lance Warley]

Beautiful.

I got my first Buntings Saturday at Okeeheelee, but not on a perch like this. Sweet!

[Harold Davis]

beautiful capture, fabs!! congrats on getting your bunting:)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird and a species I still have to see in the field. I might clone out the bright round spot at the bottom.

[Maxis Gamez]

Simply gorgeous. Very sharp and colorful.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I really dig this image! I do have mixed emotions about the bare twig below the bird. On one side I want to clone it out because it is not that pretty, but on the other side I feel like it would create too large of a void there if cloned out. If only there was a leaf or two at the tip! I absolutely love the spriralling perch, and I like the "in the shade" mood of the photo.

[Taylor Yeager]

Great composition Fabs.

Taylor

[Dave Phillips]

wonderful balance of hue, wouldn't touch a thing

[Gayle Clement]

Beautiful color, Fabs. A marvelous bird. A smile for that last name. I didn't notice that you were going by that new name until now.

[Bonnie Block]

Just a beauty, Fabs. I think the twiggy branch is OK and does not detract from the composition.
We have a bird like this in the US? Wow!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

A beautiful image. Looks like a painting.

[Ed Erkes]

Very nice image! I'm still trying to get a photo of one of these!

[Antonio Lopez]

You got a real beauty, Fabs. Congrats.

Tony

[billymoore]

Most colorful bird, I don't have a photo of one yet but hopefully this spring.