Mountain Bluebird

Gallery: AvianPosted June 21, 20183,657 views3 comments

I used my manual focus 600 mm f5.6 for this one at Badlands National Park, South Dakota. I was having a lot of trouble getting a focus lock on this guy. The dull light brought out the blues in the plumage of this mountain bluebird. K5 IIs 600 mm f5.6 (1/180 sec at f8.0, Iso 320) Levels, crop for comp........................Jim

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 21, 2018 at 9:49 PM

A difficult place to get autofocus to work well, Jim, so your manual focus lens was a good idea and you certainly nailed it. Gorgeous detail in this bluebird and the colors came out very well in the dull light. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 23, 2018 at 6:03 PM

I normally wouldn't like a shot like this through the grass too much, but his beautiful blues show up nicely here and I think make the image work pretty well Jim. devil

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 24, 2018 at 1:01 PM

Hello, Jim, the bird certainly stands out very well from the green grasses, and I love the head turn in this pose. Wish the light, diagonal stem was not where it is, but it was there when you took this shot. All in all a very pleasant alternative from the usual bird-on-a-stick photo ! Cheers, Hans

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