Spring fever

[Gary Esman]

Hello, thought I would share one from May of 2010. Already looking forward to their return. 50D, 500mm, f/5.6, 1/640, iso 640.
Thanks and appreciate the comments.

Gary.

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

Good job exposing the oranges, very easy to blow the red channel. Very sharp on eye and bill. Nicely scaled perch.
Like his ' oriole toed' stance.

Pleasant BG

Cheers

Randy

[Joe Senzatimore]

Next time get closer. One sweet image. Color is super.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

well done...loved your exposure. the deep blacks and the orange...and the green...the bill texture...everything has come together.

[Doug Brown]

I didn't know you could get such nice looking image with a 50D at an ISO greater than 400! Your Oriole looks great, with an alert pose and sharpness where it counts. Good job!

[yogesh_puranik]

extremely beautiful superb colors and grt sharpness..lovely one..very sweet

[Brendan Dozier]

Wow, real nice Gary! Great capture, comp, excellent IQ and agree the color is superb!

[RAM MALLYA]

Simply awesome colorful Bird Lovely perch and BG

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice! I like the pose, BG and a relatively good perch

[Gary Esman]

Thanks all I appreciate your time and the kind words.

Gary.

[Melissa Groo]

What an awesome shot, Gary. Hope that someday I can get an oriole captured this well. Makes me miss em, their return is still 6 months away.... arggh...

[Daniel Cadieux]

Maybe just a bit big in the frame, but that is one sweet image of a bird that has eluded me (photography-wise) for too long now...so yes, I too am looking forward to their return!! The orange pops nicely against the BG's greens.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Wonderful pose, exposed very well, sharp, and great background.
Well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Gary! I look forward to them returning to my backyard. I like the pose, exposure and BG.

[Gary Esman]

What an awesome shot, Gary. Hope that someday I can get an oriole captured this well. Makes me miss em, their return is still 6 months away.... arggh...

Thanks Melissa they love our tall Oak trees and the hummingbird feeders. The cool thing is they seem to be increasing in numbers.

Gary.

[Gary Esman]

Thanks again all for the words of encouragement.

Gary.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Gary,
Very nice shot, Very well exposed, Like the neat BG, Ha & details in blacks. TFS

[Grace Scalzo]

Just perfect. Love the nice sharp eye and the light angle. Cute foot position also. Thanks for sharing this one, Gary.

[Dan Behm]

Gary,
A beautiful image. Love the exposure and light angle here. exposure is excellent. seeing this really has me wishing for spring already as well. nicely done!

Dan