Happiness is a good bath

Image Critiques
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The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

When the longest coldest spell in two decades started to break and my water garden became unfrozen, the birds went crazy bathing. I saw birds that I have never seen bathe taking baths, Juncos, Chickadees, and Goldfinches. During this session in my blind, it was hard isolating on a single bather. In this case this Eastern Bluebird was bathing for several minutes.

Specific Feedback

I used generative fill to remove a second Bluebird from the upper right corner. I like this shot because of the open mouth and the sense of joy that adds.

Technical Details

R5, 100-500 @ 500, 1/1000 s, f/10, iso 3200, tripod. AI noise reduction in Lightroom.

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A very nice bathing image, Mark. I’m surprised that those birds don’t normally bathe as our western species of all of those (except adult goldfinches) are regulars in our ponds and bird baths. I do have a very small and shallow one I made that the chickadees usually prefer.

It’s interesting that the light looks so bright in this image, yet you were at such a relatively high iso.

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Hi Mark
I had to study this photograph for more than a few minutes. The smaller photo in the post shows me a happy bird in a bath, and the larger photo in the post presents an artistic image with the viewer’s eye drawn to the Bluebird beak. Very nice.
Peter

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All that water action and the open beak tells a nice story, Mark. You have good detail in the head despite all that motion.