Rainbow Splash

Gallery: AvianPosted May 8, 2014162 views11 comments

Painted Bunting with some quality clean time yesterday.
F/6.3, 1/2000th, ISO 640, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 2x ext @ 12:23pm, no flash. Partly sunny.

Thank you for looking as always.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on May 8, 2014 at 11:30 AM

Love these birds. The flying water drops make this for me. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 8, 2014 at 12:23 PM

Hi Howard,
What an amazing bird, what is it?
Great capture of the moment, I might consider more space at the top and less at the bottom, if you an do it.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 8, 2014 at 1:44 PM

I love bathing shots and this is great.!
JohnR

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 8, 2014 at 2:42 PM

Neat photo! I like the position you caught this bunting in, also the water drops. I also would like to see a tighter shot, the stone in the FG I find distracting. Thanks for sharing, wish we had that bird around here.

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Comment posted by Andrew Sentipal on May 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM

Howard, Love this image. That bunting is so beautiful and I like the action. Thanks for sharing. Colors look perfect.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on May 8, 2014 at 3:48 PM

Amazing, Howard.
Very beautiful image. The droplets of water are very nice.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 8, 2014 at 11:57 PM

Such a beautiful bird! Great capture of the action. I love the position of the bird and the water drops.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 9, 2014 at 7:32 AM

Lovely image Howard. Your bunting seems to be taking his bath very seriously.
composition wise although the slab of rock in the foreground does serve as a pointer to the main subject it is a bit too dominant IMO. Unfortunately if you crop it out then the whole image becomes a bit too tight.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on May 9, 2014 at 12:29 PM

Like the bathing activity a lot. The detail also looks excellent. I'd go for more of a pano crop.

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 13, 2014 at 5:44 PM

Love the droplets. Great timing.
May

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 15, 2014 at 8:49 PM

Love the water droplets and of course the bunting is beautiful! Sweet one Howard.

Ray

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