The Rain after the Snow

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The Rain after the Snow
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This was taken on a rainy day that helped our fairly heavy snowfall disappear a few days ago. The Bluebirds came through the snow just fine with the aid of about 1500 mealworms. These to males were incredibly saturated in the stormy light and I toned them down quite a bit.

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Technical Details

Is this a composite: No
Sony A7Riv, FE200-600 @ 600 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/1600, iso 1250, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 8712x5772. Taken February 14th at 3:04 pm. I eliminated a couple of twigs that I didn’t like and desaturated the main characters a bit.

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I can imagine those blues were difficult to capture correctly in that light, Dennis. Bluebirds are always fun. They look plump and healthy.

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Nice poses and excellent detail. Good job on the colors. Nice background and the raindrops add a nice touch. New camera?

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Wonderful environmental view. Excellent color and detail. At first, I didn’t see the OOF BB in the BG.

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@Allen_Brooks. Yup. This is I think the third image I’ve posted using it. The crop sensor Sony is physically a bit small for my klutzy hands but this one fits nicely. I’m liking it a lot thus far.

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Lovely photo Dennis. I really like the setting with the bg and rain falling. The birds seem to glow from the bottom up. Peaceful. I might lighten the area around the eyes just a tad. I hope you enjoy the new camera.

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Oh Dennis! I love this photo! It’s so neat seeing the rain around the birds. And that’s awesome getting so many in the frame! I love also the background bird as well. Beautifully done!

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Hi Dennis,

The blues are very nice and bluebirds photograph well on a cloudy dreary day. I think that David’s suggestion is worth trying to tease out some details around the eyes. Comp is nice too with all the rain drops. Well done…Jim

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Sweet! I love Bluebirds (who doesn’t?) and you captured a lovely rainy scene.

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Hi Dennis
Very nice looking Blue Birds. I like the third Blue Bird in the background, I believe it helps to balance out the centering of the two vary good looking Blue Birds.
Peter