# Eastern Bluebird

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eastern-bluebird/18982>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eastern-bluebird/18982 "2020-12-30T22:31:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![johnwayne](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnwayne/32/18751_2.png) [@johnwayne](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/johnwayne)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eastern-bluebird/18982/1 "2020-12-30T22:31:34Z")

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![Eastern Bulebird](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/4/14c939ee9a084bca465540def85030dc7b56da83.jpeg)

Waiting to have these birds visit my feeders and they recently flew in for a visit.

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### Technical Details

Is this a composite: No  
Canon 5ds-r, 1/500sec, iso 800 and f-8.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eastern-bluebird/18982/2 "2020-12-30T23:00:15Z")

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A nice looking bird, Wayne. Detail in the feet and lower body is excellent, but the head looks a bit soft. I don’t know if there was a bit of head motion or if it was depth of field. Since you’re working from a blind, I’d use spot autofocus and put the spot right on the head to make sure that’s as sharp as possible. I’m surprised you got one at your feeders-they’re not known as feeder birds, though they will go for berries sometimes and mealworms often.

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**Author:** ![David\_Leroy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@David\_Leroy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Leroy)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eastern-bluebird/18982/3 "2020-12-30T23:37:56Z")

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Good looking bird. I like the bg and how the red and blue and green really make a pleasant combo. It does look like the camera grabbed focus on the back rather than the eye. I like Dennis’s idea of using a small focus point. And perhaps bird good be a bit further right in the frame. Good luck attracting more.

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**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eastern-bluebird/18982/4 "2020-12-31T16:05:25Z")

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A gorgeous image with a sweet pose! I am SO jealous of your beautiful Eastern Bluebirds.

I think the head softness could be a bit of motion blur. Hard to tell at this size but it looks like the catchlight may have a horizontal blur. It doesn’t take much to soften details.

Hope to see more of these guys!