Mountain Bluebird Six

Gallery: AvianPosted April 17, 2010248 views25 comments

Another view of the Male Mountain Bluebird. The setup perch is a branch of a poplar, just starting to bud out for spring.
D90, 300f4, 1/500, f11, iso 320, beanbag, natural light
Thanks for looking. All comments, good or bad, appreciated.

Comments

25 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 17, 2010 at 11:06 PM

Simple and elegant!
Great pose, womnderful colors and detail, and nice perch and BG!
I'd personally lower the bottom a hair to include the intersection of that small bottom bud. As it is, it's kind of floating in air! (A very small nit..)

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 17, 2010 at 11:19 PM

wow, Dan, another beauty! spectacular detail, spectacular bird. very well done. I think Sandy's suggestion is a good one.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 17, 2010 at 11:39 PM

Beautiful, Dan. Great colors and bg and the budding perch is a nice touch.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on April 18, 2010 at 12:09 AM

Perfect! Great light, nice detail and color. Very nice capture.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on April 18, 2010 at 1:18 AM

Pose, perch, background all exemplary Dan. Great job with exposure - that blue really glows.

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Comment posted by Kenneth Arni on April 18, 2010 at 5:29 AM

Beautiful Dan, looks like you have the lighting down pat. Great color and pirch. No nits for me.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on April 18, 2010 at 5:39 AM

Wonderful shot with great BG, feather detail and lighting.

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on April 18, 2010 at 7:23 AM

You're becoming the Bluebird king! Excellent details and color. The background is simple and elegant and really helps the bird to pop. Well done.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 18, 2010 at 8:58 AM

Another perfect one! These bluebird photos of yours are just stunning and I enjoy seeing them. Sharon

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 18, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Beautiful blue, excellent detail, fine pose and very nice perch, Dan. Only two small nits, maybe a hair more room at the bottom and some more on the RHS for the bird to look into. Very nice work!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Another nice bluebird Dan. I agree with the suggestion of a bit more room on the bottom. Other than that, a super shot.

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on April 18, 2010 at 12:35 PM

What a beauty! The blues stand out fantastically well against the background.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on April 18, 2010 at 2:44 PM

Another beauty Dan. I hope to get better images of this species later this year .

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 18, 2010 at 4:19 PM

Dan,
I love the subtle color of the background that bring out the beautiful Bluebird. Really nice image!

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Comment posted by István Molnár on April 18, 2010 at 4:34 PM

Yes!!!
István

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Comment posted by Kris Johnson on April 18, 2010 at 8:26 PM

Nice capture. Good job with blurring the background.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 18, 2010 at 9:40 PM

This guy reallly stands out and the shot is outstanding.

Dan

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 18, 2010 at 10:54 PM

Another beautiful Mt Bluebird shot Dan! Love the colors adn the BG

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 19, 2010 at 8:05 AM

Another cracker Dan - it just glistens.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Doug Gilham on April 19, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Beautiful capture Dan, great BG, exposure and sharpness are spot on. We get the Easterns around here, but would love to shoot these as well. You've captured this one very well,

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on April 19, 2010 at 1:03 PM

Very beautiful Dan. Stunning detail, colours and bg. Well done!!!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 19, 2010 at 3:22 PM

Excellent shot, feather detail and background really make this image, a pleasure to view the larger image, well done.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 19, 2010 at 4:28 PM

Man, that's good !

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on April 19, 2010 at 5:21 PM

Yet another winner, Dan! Methinks you must have them trained somehow. Can't think of anything to improve on this one.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 20, 2010 at 12:48 AM

Beautiful

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