Though I generally have many, many Orioles at my feeders when they arrive in mid-April, this is the first time I have ever had migrants heading back south. I have at least a half-dozen females and juveniles, and a couple of males. This female is sitting in a Chalk Maple just off my deck, waiting for me to leave so she can come to the feeder.
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Pertinent technical details or techniques: Canon 60D, Canon 70-300mm IS USM Zoom @ 240mm, f/6.7, 1/4000 secc., ISO 1250, Ev -0.5, Hand Held. Processed in Canon DPP and PSE 2020 for exposure and color. Shake reduction applied to the bird.
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She does seem to be asking you to move on. I wonder if a vertical crop keeping enough of the foliage would concentrate more attention on the nice pose of the Oriole. You caught her on a nice limb out in the open.
A vertical crop could be good, and maybe some partial opacity cloning over the bright BG spots. The BG is detailed enough to compete with the bird a little. But overall a very nice catch.
