Eastern Bluebird

[Nick Palmieri]

We find a few of these guys in a local park every year. This one was coming into a box with some food for his babies. Canon EOS 1DMK4, 600mm., ISO 1600, f/7.1, SS 1/1600. Used manual focus on the front of the box. Cropped out the front of the box on the right and slight bit from the top.

[allanrube]

Good capture! BG is great too.

I would run another round of sharpening on it though.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent dynamic pose and BG. The IQ is not great however

[jack williamson]

Almost Nick, nice pose and food and bg but it is a little soft.

Jack

[Doug Brown]

Like the wing position, eye contact, BG, and meal. Prefocusing was a good idea, but you just missed with this frame.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Not easy to pull off. This one was close, but soft as mentioned. You did get a neat wings down pose, and a great meal for the young ones.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and background. It looks somewhat soft on my monitor.

[Nick Palmieri]

Thanks gang. I loved the position and afraid to admit that it may be a bit soft. You have affirmed my fears!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice bird and wing position. I prefer a 3:2 ratio since in this case, would yield more room in front of the bird. IQ has been mentioned.

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. Great wing position and the meal is big bonus. Nits already, but still a great shot.Well done.

[Mitch Carucci]

A hard one to get... Nice wing position, and great feeling of motion.

This is such a nice pic, I had to try some sharpening on it (hope you don't mind) Remember, you will be able to do better on the original, than on this tiny Inet image. (a little noise reduction before sharpening might be also be good)

[Nick Palmieri]

Thanks Mitch, Just saw this one. Looks good

[Mitch Carucci]

Thanks Mitch, Just saw this one. Looks good

Nick,

You can do much better with the original file...

M.