Song & Dance Act

Gallery: AvianPosted June 6, 201576 views4 comments

Reminds me of something out of a forties musical. Maybe I should have followed Phil's lead and titled it Fred & Ginger. Actually it reminds me of Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby doing the "Sisters" number in "White Christmas". I almost lost it when I saw them take these poses.

The male Western Bluebird was holding station on this perch most of yesterday evening and the female would come up periodically to join him. I'm pretty sure she's sitting on eggs in one of our nearby boxes.

7Dii, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/9, 1/1250, iso 800, aperture priority, center weighted average metering, +2/3 ev compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. I added some more exposure in LR and did minor tweaks in CS. Cropped to 9.3MP. Taken in my backyard at 8:14 pm yesterday.

Your comments would be very much appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 7, 2015 at 2:17 AM

A wonderfil capture, Dennis. Excellent background and composition, but the poses make the shot.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 7, 2015 at 9:51 AM

sad Nice shot Dennis, and you text makes me smile all the more ! greetings, hans

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 7, 2015 at 10:02 PM

Very cool image Dennis. One of my favorites from you lately. I like how this shows off some of the personality these little birds. Good job on the techs on this as well.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 12, 2015 at 8:39 AM

Over the top cute.

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