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One Perfect Snowflake

Gallery: 10 Years of NPNPosted April 22, 2010953 views19 comments

This early spring male Mountain Bluebird has been one of my better received images. I never saw the 6-pointed snowflake through the viewfinder. It was a nice processing surprise.

D200, 200-400 @400, moderate crop, iso 200, F5.6, 1/250, +.3ev matrix, tripod

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by mark cillo on April 22, 2010 at 9:26 PM

Amazing!

Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments

Comment posted by INGOMA on April 22, 2010 at 9:30 PM

Oh my, this is wonderful, Lon! This has an otherworldly feel to it. Excellent capture.

Registered on July 2, 2004, 231 Posts, 3110 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on April 22, 2010 at 10:39 PM

Truly outstanding!!!!! The pink and white OOF background perfectly complements the bluebird.

Registered on November 9, 2003, 229 Posts, 1523 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 22, 2010 at 11:20 PM

Had to look hard... oh, wow!!
Excellent!!
Great colors, pose and BG - and, of course, that perfect snowflake..

Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 23, 2010 at 9:48 AM

I've got to agree with Jim, the colours are very complimentary. Lovely composed and cute shot Lon. Great stuff.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on April 23, 2010 at 4:40 PM

Nicely done Lon.
The delicate colors with the subdued lighting really add to this wonderful composition.
Neil

Registered on October 30, 2009, 156 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Dethan Punalur on April 24, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Hi Lon,
Excellent shot....nice pose and composition...

Dethan Punalur,
Coonoor, India

Registered on October 12, 2006, 410 Posts, 562 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 24, 2010 at 1:41 PM

The background really is complimentary to this beautiful bird. The conditions and his posture just add to the quality.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on April 26, 2010 at 8:08 PM

Love this one Lon. First time I've seen it.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 27, 2010 at 11:44 AM

Looks like a little Puff Ball. beautiful color, and I love that snowflake!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 27, 2010 at 8:54 PM

The puffed up bluebird is wonderful Lon and that perfect snowflake is just incredible!

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on April 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM

OMG, this is fantastic, Lon!!!!! Probably the best image of a bluebird I've seen so far. The regular shaped snowflake adds even more interest to this already outstanding picture. This little guy is so nice and tender, he doesn't look like he loves the cold weather though...

Paolo

Registered on August 29, 2007, 318 Posts, 1651 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 21, 2010 at 10:12 PM

I just love this image. Congratulations on getting it

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on August 7, 2010 at 2:00 AM

This is so nice...the softness of the little fluffy bird is accentuated by the soft background color and the snowflakes. Love it.

Ingrid.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments

Comment posted by Loulou Beavers on August 10, 2010 at 2:50 PM

Very nice image, I do like the softness of the colors, great composition, the snow adds,
Loulou

Registered on June 21, 2008, 73 Posts, 205 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on August 24, 2010 at 6:25 PM

Awww, poor thing looks freezing.
A great image

Well done.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 4, 2010 at 7:47 PM

Beautiful!

I had to open the larger image to find the six pointed snowflake. I thought the classic hexagonal shape of snow flakes was microscopic - didn't know you could see it with the naked eye. But then I live where it doesn't snow.