The bird might be a little centered, but it felt right to me this way-what do you think?
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7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/800, iso 1250, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. The background was a pale undifferentiated sky, so I pretty much painted in a new one with a couple of different tones of blue. Taken in the front yard at 8:14 am on March 16th.
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Agreed, this is pretty much perfect. I probably belong to the camp asking for a sliver more to the left side of the image. By a sliver I mean, really, just a sliver.
Very nice. Bird and perch look great, as does the blue(-ish) sky. My only critique is that I wish the perch were lower so that you had a BG with some color.
Nice one again, Dennis. The bird shows really nicely, which is always tricky against the sky. The twisted shape of the perch in adding an interesting element as well. No nits from me ! Cheers, Hans
Good pose and detail and an interesting perch. I’m okay with the way you composed it.
P.S. In all the years I’ve had suet out, for the first time a flock of bluebirds are regular visitors.
! Cheers, Hans