A simple blue bird

[Grace Scalzo]

Nothing fancy, just a bird on a stick. The background is grass growing in a field and I did offer her the perch and some worms.

1/1250, f 5.6, ISO400
Canon 1Dmk4, 500 f4 + 1.4tc, blubb from car as a blind

[Tom Rambaut]

A simple pretty image. I like the alert look back pose and the size of the perch with the toes wrapped around the branches is a nice touch.

[Marina Scarr]

Such a pleasing capture, Grace. The colors all work well together. The angle is great, as is the perch. Simple and elegant is how I would describe it.

[dankearl]

Wonderful image, Grace.
Really nice DOF at 5.6, sharp throughout and the BG is superb.
Very nice.

[Ron Sprunger]

Another lovely image, Grace. Hoping to get up to Montana this spring and get some shots at them, but I don't expect to do anything as perfect as this. It's terrific. I love the posture, perch, BG, comp -- and especially the wonderful gentleness of the image. Thanks for this one.

[gail bisson]

This is the classic, elegant look I am always looking for in my perched bird shots. The muted colors are lovely. Appropriate sized perch that is simple and doesn't overpower the bird and allows the small details , such as the feet, to be seen. Nice HA and IQ. The detail is so good I can see the individual tufts of feathers around the beak. Nice clean "Artie certified" BG!
I really like this one Grace,
Gail

[Mark Itol]

Great detail and colors. Lovely pose, too.

[Melissa Groo]

How to make a bird on a stick into art. Beautiful job, Grace. Elegant is the word (which applies to so many of your images). HA, colors, detail, BG, this has it all. I have one probably dumb question--did you really literally offer her worms somehow?

[jack williamson]

This is excellent Grace! I love it all, the perfect ha, the perch, exp. and sharpness are right on. The bg compliments the bird perfectly. Simply excellent.

Jack

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent! I want to experiment with mealworms this year and this image really adds to that urge. Beautifully simple...or simply beautiful, both work

[Karl Egressy]

Nice clean shot, with pleasing background, Grace.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent light, details and bg.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Grace, beautiful shot...not easy in a non-setup situation. Well done positioning your car for that angle and BG. liked the perch and nice details throughout.

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet simple bird, perch and background. Nice soft light. Pretty much perfect. :)

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Grace! I like the pose, perch, details, sharpness and composition.

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose perch and nice BG.

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful image. Excellent pose, wonderful background and perch. Superb feather detail, and wonderful comp.
Well done.

[RAM MALLYA]

Loved the look back pose , perch and the light on the bird

[Grace Scalzo]

Thank you all for your kind words on this image. A few of you asked some questions so I'm answering here rather than pm's. It was taken in a horribly ugly industrial complex. There is a woods, a very small opening with beautiful tall grasses in it, and then a barbed wire fence atop a chain link. I noticed several weeks ago that there were several blue birds that would fly from the woods to the barbed wire. So I decided to try and see if instead of them perching on the barbed wire I could get them to perch on something that I put out, using the grass as a bg. I bought meal worms from a pet store (By the reptiles in a refrig) and put them on a small stool in front of a tripod that I clamped a perch to. Then angled my car and waited them out. Took several trips. I did get questioned by a policeman as to what I was doing and he was gracious and let me stay.

Thanks again.