Indigo Bunting

Gallery: AvianPosted December 9, 2017500 views11 comments

Passerina cyanea

I have not been around for quite a while, too many things, mainly work, competing for my time. Any free time I have, I have been trying to get out looking for birds. Hopefully I can start spending more time on NPN. This Indigo Bunting is one from back in July.

1DX, 800 5.6L IS + 1.4TC
1/1000, f11 Partial Metering
ISO 800

Please view the larger image for detail.

All comments and critique are very appreciated.
Thank You.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by David Bogener on December 9, 2017 at 12:43 PM

Excellent singing pose, interesting perch and good detail. Well done. I hope to find one of these next week in South Texas.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 9, 2017 at 1:23 PM

Glad to see you back, Matt. This is beautiful. A wonderful singing pose and a superb job on those difficult blues. I like the composition as well.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 9, 2017 at 3:45 PM

Wonderful bird! Blue birds for me, from The Netherlands, are always so exotic, since we do not have any blue birds here.. Nice pose, and well done on the techs! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 9, 2017 at 6:46 PM

Gotta love the vibrant color of this guy, Matt. Glad you took a break and look forward to more from you here. We need more participants like you to keep this site interesting.

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Comment posted by Andrew Sentipal on December 10, 2017 at 8:20 AM

Really nice. Thanks for sharing.

Andrew

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Comment posted by David Schoen on December 10, 2017 at 2:07 PM

Beautiful light and well composed. The detail is stunning in the larger image. It almost seems oversaturated but I've never seen one of these birds and I cannot judge.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on December 11, 2017 at 11:39 AM

Mat: definitely a WOW photo. There's excellent light, subject and composition. Well done! Richard

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on December 11, 2017 at 1:39 PM

I missed you, Matt, with your beautiful images and excellent critiques. This is really beautiful! I just love the color of him, and that background is so smooth, making him and his perch really stand out. So well done.

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Comment posted by Robert Strickland on December 11, 2017 at 2:10 PM

I love how you captured the indigo singing with a catch light in the eye. Very nice detail and interesting perch, well done

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on December 11, 2017 at 11:22 PM

Welcome back Matt. This is so bright and cheery. I love the BG and the detail in the perch and bird are great.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 12, 2017 at 5:33 AM

This is Awesome Matt!!!

A Beauty in Every Way frown

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