Eastern Bluebird

Gallery: AvianPosted January 1, 2013142 views12 comments

These guys are hard to catch. I caught it perching on this post at the back of my property. I had to crop away about 80% of the image to get this image. C&C welcome!

Canon 7D, EF 100-400 @ 400mm, iso 100, 1/125sec, f/6.3, AP, Eval Metering, sun at my back, handheld.

Dave

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12 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 1, 2013 at 11:33 AM

Classic shot of male bluebird - nice and sharp with crisp colors

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 1, 2013 at 11:38 AM

A pleasing image with nice color and clean setting.

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Comment posted by David E Lester on January 1, 2013 at 1:14 PM

Thanks for the comments!

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on January 1, 2013 at 8:06 PM

Beautiful capture of this handsome bird. The background is flawless ! Wonderful !

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on January 1, 2013 at 8:35 PM

Beautiful. Nice pose and smooth BG. I'm amazed at the details given the crop by 80 %.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 1, 2013 at 9:36 PM

nice colors, pose, and comp, David. maybe not an ideal perch but it fits the comp well. I do think the larger version shows some loss of detail due to the crop, but a very nice shot.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 1, 2013 at 10:01 PM

Lovely feather detail, David.

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Comment posted by David E Lester on January 1, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Thanks for the comments!!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 2, 2013 at 1:38 PM

Very nice head turn and detail David

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Comment posted by James Allen on January 2, 2013 at 2:20 PM

Very well handled color and light. Richard is right on the money when he calls this a pleasing photograph