Western Bluebird

Gallery: AvianPosted April 11, 201083 views10 comments

This Western Bluebird male stopped for a visit a couple of days ago. He gave me a lot of differant looks and poses but I liked this one. C&C welcome.
Canon 50D
Sigma 150-500
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/160
Av( Aperture Value )
8.0
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
640

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on April 11, 2010 at 1:35 PM

Clayton this shot is superb that head tilt and the colours just take it over the top.WELL DONE
This is a species we dont have here.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 11, 2010 at 1:53 PM

Wonderfull color and detail. I guess he was satisified that you ment no harm.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 11, 2010 at 3:37 PM

Clayton, would love to get a shot of this species. To me this image looks a bit dark. If it were mine I might brighten it a bit. I like the pose and the overall comp. The noise in the BG is a bit more than I like to see. Running Neat Image or some other NR software on the BG at about 60% might help this. What size crop is this?

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 11, 2010 at 4:06 PM

Clayton,
I really like the pose and the facial expression. Detail, background and composition are great. Well done!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 11, 2010 at 6:53 PM

I like the unusual pose very much Clayton. The background does seem fairly noisy though.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 11, 2010 at 7:36 PM

So pretty. I have a box out back with easterns but these are even more blue. Nice job

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 11, 2010 at 7:52 PM

Great head turn, Clayton!

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 11, 2010 at 10:50 PM

Nice detail and a wonderful pose. Sharon

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 11, 2010 at 11:43 PM

good looking pose and detail. I agree that lightening it a bit and doing some NR on the bg will really make this a good one.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Clayton Musgrove on April 12, 2010 at 3:42 PM

Thanks everyone for your comments. Ron it is about 75% of original. I ran it through Neat Image and brightened it a bit. Let me know what you think.
Clayton

Registered on February 6, 2010, 55 Posts, 235 Comments