Is it Spring Yet?

Gallery: AvianPosted February 27, 2014120 views10 comments

The darn Bluebirds seem to think so. They've been evincing interest in the nest boxes for a month now, though mostly I think they're using it for shelter at night. However there's definitely a pair of them hanging together. Here's a shot of the male from yesterday morning.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, hand held on window sill, f9, 1/640, iso 640, Av mode with +1/3 compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 8.5MP. I removed a bunch of oof twigs from this as I thought it was plenty cluttered with the in focus ones. Taken February 26th at 10:19 am.

Your comments and criticisms are most appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on February 27, 2014 at 10:53 PM

W Dennis,
Outstanding in every way on this one,
Well Done . . .

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 28, 2014 at 1:14 AM

Love it Dennis - great light and perch. If you're feeling naught you might think of trimming that nearest twig a tiny bit

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Comment posted by William Bickle on February 28, 2014 at 12:32 PM

Hello Dennis

Crisp details and Very interesting capture.

We are stillin the winter mode here with -25 temps still.

bill

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 28, 2014 at 12:57 PM

Interesting little birds with their feather color pattern. Very nice detail in the larger image and I like the head turn with eye contact, well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 28, 2014 at 7:12 PM

Nice natural color and very nice image detail and quality.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 28, 2014 at 8:34 PM

Very well done! No nits.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 1, 2014 at 2:49 AM

Wonderful shot, amazing colors in the bird and a nice matching BG. The OOF branch in background is a little unfortunate - but other than that a winner !

, Hans

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on March 1, 2014 at 10:12 AM

Great shot of this guy Dennis. I guess this is a western BB. We get the eastern BB here and they have been plentiful recently and I will probably post one soon myself. They are both beautiful birds.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on March 1, 2014 at 11:16 AM

Love the perch Dennis. Very nice composition, super sharp, great head turn and eye contact. If possible you might want to think about elimination or reducing the size of the small branch to the left of the bird. Just a thought. Super shot.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 2, 2014 at 11:29 AM

Very nice, Dennis. The branch on the left balances the image. Great detail in the bird. Nice capture.

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