Three from today. Please comment as to how I could bave done better!

[Tom/Cocoa]

The top two are Male Painted Buntings and the bottom is a female.

 

[dudephil]

Great colors, sharpness and subject. The only thing for me would be to maybe try a smaller aperture to keep the tails from getting soft. Smaller aperture means longer shutter speeds of course and that can make it tough for small bird shots. I'd also clone out the twig in the second shot. Like I said though; all are beautiful!

 

[RM]

I like the play on colors with the first two images. i.e bird colors and background colors.


RM

 

[Bob Szabo]

Very nice Tom.

What camera and lens???

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Thank's Bob... Nikon D70 and Sigma 50-500mm

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

n/t

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Thank's Phil... I agree the twig is distracting. I have a makeshift blind and have to hand hold the camera. Once I get a real blind I can put it on a tripod.. Again thank's

 

[John in Florida]

You should seriously consider selling prints.

 

[Nimrod]

I'm a Canon fan myself, but the color you and RM get of of those Nikon's is nothing short of stunning. OK, critiques ... color is awesome. DOF is very good, as has already been mentioned you lost some tail with too much DOF. Focus is spot on as is normal for you. My only criticism is whatever the birds are standing on doesn't appear to be level. It would be less distracting if it was something natural like a branch. But I keep feeling like it was shot and a rocky boat. And again this has been already mentioned but the string in the middle photo should be cloned out.

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

n/t