# Western Bluebird

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [December 16, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070 "2025-12-16T15:25:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070/1 "2025-12-16T15:25:57Z")

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![BLUEBIRD.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/4/94c2880604d744838efc6c3b343fe57e39c64ecc.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

I got this handsome guy in my sister’s backyard back in TX a while back. It was perched on a old horn.

### Specific Feedback

Cropping? Anything?

### Technical Details

D500, 200-500 lens, hand held, 1/3200th, f 6.3, 750mm, ISO 3600, cropped to 2668 x 3248.

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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 16, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070/2 "2025-12-16T16:12:26Z")

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Very nice pose and perch, Dave. He looks in perfect condition.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070/3 "2025-12-16T17:08:17Z")

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Thanks. He DID look real smooth.

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**Author:** ![Antonello\_Provenzale](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/antonello_provenzale/32/4658_2.png) [@Antonello\_Provenzale](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Antonello_Provenzale)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070/4 "2025-12-16T19:18:01Z")

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Nice classic pose! And I think the frame is nice as is, no crop… I like the space around the bird.

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**Author:** ![steven8](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/steven8/32/62305_2.png) [@steven8](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/steven8)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070/5 "2025-12-16T20:52:33Z")

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Beautiful capture. Well done!

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/western-bluebird/49070/6 "2025-12-16T21:15:59Z")

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Thanks, guys!