Blue Bird Environment

Gallery: AvianPosted July 17, 2011121 views6 comments

Shot this morning at Cedar Canyon. Several Bluebirds and Lark Sparrows were flitting around on the Yuccas.

Canon 30D
Tokina 70-400
Aperture Priority
Aperture 1/350
Shutter f8
ISO 400
400mm

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 17, 2011 at 6:01 PM

The yucca really adds interest in this allready engaging environmental shot. The lighting is perhaps a little bit flat, but if it were bright you would loose a lot of detail and likely have a bunch of blown highlights everywhere. This scene looks similar to the bluebird habitat in Jasper National Park, minus the yucca. Did you have any luck with the Lark Sparrows, they are cool looking birds!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 17, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Sweet composition, Richard. I like it.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on July 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM

I like the sense of habitat here.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 17, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Love the perch and the environment, nice colors and composition.

Ray

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 18, 2011 at 8:48 AM

Nice one Richard - really like this sort of 'bird in environment ' type of shot

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 18, 2011 at 8:35 PM

Richard, an interesting image, especially with that unique perch. I like the BIH aspects of the shot and your composition works well for me. I do notice some background noise and a bit more of a head turn to get better light in the eye would have been nice.

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