Baltimore Oriole

[Guy Germain]

Hi,

Taken in my backyard June 2006.
I was in a blind for this picture.

EOS-1D Mark II N + EF400mm f/5.6L USM + 580EX
@400mm, F5.6, 1/250s, ISO-320, EV 0, Flash On, FEC -2

[Ed Cordes]

I like the colors and comp a lot. On my monitor it could use a bit of selective sharpening on the bird.

[Gus Cobos]

Very nice composition Guy,
Love the colors on your bird, great details...:D

[Yves Matteau]

J`aime beaucoup cette photo Guy and i think you are very fortunate to have this kind of bird in your backyard.
I hope to have the opportunity to photograph this beautiful bird soon.
Congratulations.

[Fabs Forns]

Very beautiful bird and perch. A smaller aperture would have given you more DOF for the rest of the body.

[Steve Maxson]

A beautiful image, Guy! Love the colors, the placement of the bird in the frame, and the background. My only small nit is that the image would be even stronger if you could include the entire flowers that are partially clipped by the left side of the frame (of course, adding more room on the left might clip other flowers just outside the frame that we don't see currently).

[Juan Aragonés]

Wow, this is really sweet. Fantastic colours, BG and perch. I only miss just a little bit of room at the right

[Lyall Bouchard]

Guy, I like the contrast between the muted tone of the background, and the bright colour of the Oriole's breast. A very striking photo, in my opinion. There is a small sensor spot just above the white band at the top of the wing.

[Paul Pagano]

A nice exposure and good details. I like the branch but might have cloned out that one bloom up at head level.