Eastern Meadowlark

Gallery: AvianPosted August 19, 20111,045 views20 comments

Eastern Meadowlark

Bolivar, Upper Texas Coast

D2X, 600, ISO 320, f5.6, 1/250.

Here's one I just processed that I took in 2006. Gotta love the Texas size Thistle ;-)

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 19, 2011 at 6:20 PM

Nice singing pose of the bird. The comp and perch work really well.

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Comment posted by David Hemmings on August 19, 2011 at 7:47 PM

They grow 'em big in Texas, great shot Mr. Murphy

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on August 19, 2011 at 9:04 PM

What a great combination of elements to come together to make this wonderful image. Love it!

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on August 19, 2011 at 10:23 PM

classic pose, and the thistle makes a great perch, well done

Registered on August 22, 2006, 842 Posts, 2824 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 19, 2011 at 11:34 PM

I do love the thistle. I also like this classic pose for a meadowlark. BG nice, too

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Comment posted by Verdon on August 19, 2011 at 11:35 PM

another great shot.......

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on August 20, 2011 at 3:45 AM

Superb image! Colours, pose and composition at the top.

D&L

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on August 20, 2011 at 4:24 AM

Love the perch and the subject! Wonderful image Alan!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on August 20, 2011 at 5:48 AM

Beautiful shot, the pose is great, love the thistle too.

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Christine Jackson on August 20, 2011 at 8:04 AM

Alan,

Great image! I like your triangular composition. The colors are excellent and the detail superb.

Chrisie Jackson
Denver, Colorado

Registered on September 19, 2010, 20 Posts, 244 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on August 20, 2011 at 9:41 AM

Alan: Splendid as usual with your work. The juxtaposition of the thistle with it's vivid colors and the yellow breast of the Meadowlark really works for me on this. Of course adding the singing pose didn't hurt

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on August 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM

Really beautiful capture, great perch and BG too!X

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 20, 2011 at 7:09 PM

Killer Meadowlark Photo Alan

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 20, 2011 at 8:11 PM

A wonderful perch and nice singing pose Alan. Like the background too.

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Comment posted by Lennart Augustsson on August 21, 2011 at 4:00 AM

Hello Alan,

I like it very much and most of all the combination with a strong color palette, Black, yellow, green and, lilac.

Lennart

Registered on July 29, 2011, 21 Posts, 137 Comments

Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on August 21, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Love the colours...

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 21, 2011 at 10:03 PM

Beautiful shot Alan, love the comp and colors. Nice to have beauties like this lying around waiting to be processed.

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Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on August 22, 2011 at 2:20 AM

Fantastic shot! Great colours, bg, pose, and perch

Oscar

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on August 22, 2011 at 9:15 AM

Just a friendly reminder from the posting guidelines:

Avian Gallery - All images with birds as the main subject. Images of captive birds, or birds baited with seed, other non-live bait or recordings must be disclosed as such.

I read on another site that this bird was attracted with a recording. Doesn't detract from a beautiful image. Just a reminder of NPN's posting guidelines. Thx.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on August 24, 2011 at 1:26 AM

Couldn't agree more with all the previous comments. What a magnificent shot.

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