Eastern Bluebirds

[Allen_Sparks]

Wolf Spider for breakfast

And a cricket

And Papa bluebird carrying a fecal sack

Critique Style: Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

Feedback Focus: Artistic + Technical

About This Image

Our bluebirds are feeding brood #3. I’ve been trying for more flight shots of them bringing in meals to the chicks.

Feedback Requested

Overall thoughts on wing and body position and sharpness. I’m not autofocusing on the birds rather I pre-focus on the nest box hole and shoot when they fly towards the box.

Technical Details

Wolf Spider for breakfast
Camera: Canon EOS R7
Lens: RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM
Focal length: 481mm
Shutter speed: 1/6400s
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 6400

And a cricket
Camera: Canon EOS R7
Lens: RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM
Focal length: 481mm
Shutter speed: 1/5000s
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 6400

[Dennis_Plank]

A great set of flight shots of these birds, Allen. Very well done.

[Diane_Miller]

Awesome – all!! Sharpness, detail, poses, lighting and BG are excellent!

I’ve tried the prefocus trick and had very bad luck with it! But the birdhouse was in bad light – I’ll try to get them to use a house in better light next year. I cleaned that one out right after I took this one down but so far I haven’t seen them show any interest in it. I don’t think I’ve seen a third brood here – maybe they ate all the bugs?