Blue Birds Pass Creek Montana

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Description

Pass Creek… Blue Bird Haven. There are some 40 or more blue bird boxes on this road.

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Composition?

I didn’t do very much editing on this.

Technical Details

Nikon Z8, 400mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter, 560mm, 1/640, F11, ISO 400

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Hi Sue,
Light angle seems a challenge coming from above the bird it seems - you handled it well though. Nice details on the bird even in the shadows. Pleasing BG. I’m wondering about a vertical composition here with the bird being placed off center to the left of the frame.

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The detail and color in the feathers are nice and sharp. I agree with @Allen_Sparks about cropping. The space behind the bird takes up about a third of the composition. Since the bird is looking to the right, that space serves no purpose. Blue birds are such wonderful subjects.