Bluebird on a frosty morning

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I think I posted another version of this where the frost on the grasses in the background made a pastel in blues and greens. For this, I just raised the background exposure enough to put the brightest areas almost to white and desaturated it quite a bit to mute the color variation. I also darkened the bird just a tiny bit to add to the contrast with the bright background.

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Sony a6500, FE200-600 @ 600 mm, f/8, 1/320, iso 2500, manual exposure.

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High key bluebirds show off the blues perfectly. I like the head turn and overall color scheme of the comp. Nicely done…Jim

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Dennis, this is a fine look at this bluebird. The details in his feathers show very well.