Bullocks Oriole (female)

[dankearl]

With a tasty snack in view.
Taken while hiking the Deschutes River in Central Oregon this weekend.
There were those unique basket nests everywhere, chick pics to come.

1/640
f6.3
iso800
500mm (300 f2.8 w/ 1.7x)
Nikon D800
Handheld


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[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

A really pretty setting for this colorful oriole. I could see it tighter as well.

[Peter Dexter]

I'm holding my breath for the "chic pics" to come, but seriously nice capture and I agree a tighter crop would work well too.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Really like this shot - pretty bird, nice environment, soft light and a bug. Personally, I wouldn't crop it tighter - from the top, you lose the bug; from the right you loose the flower; left and bottom and you get too tight on the bird and tail.

Gerald

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, lovely soft light, and I do like the attentive stare of the oriole on her prey. Im going with Gerald to leave your comp as is, as cropping tighter will 'chop' off the flowers.