Eastern Bluebird winter plumage

[benlonghair]

Hi everyone. The camera's kinda been put away since it got cold, but I saw this bluebird out back the other day and, since it's unusual in the first place to see bluebirds, I figured I'd pull out the camera and take some shots before she froze to death.


bluebird winter colorDSC_0051 by ben_long_hair, on Flickr
300mm | f/6.3 | 1/80 | ISO 200


bluebird winter colorDSC_0080 by ben_long_hair, on Flickr
300mm | f/8 | 1/50 | ISO 200

 

[tirediron]

Nicely captured!

 

[arcooke]

I'm seeing LOTS of noise in these. EXIF data was stripped from them so I can't look at your settings.

They're nice shots though.

 

[benlonghair]

I'm seeing LOTS of noise in these. EXIF data was stripped from them so I can't look at your settings.

They're nice shots though.

EXIF was definitely not stripped. Click on them and look at it through flickr.

As for noise, I prefer noise over softness. In the full size, it's really not bad at all.

Want to see noise? Click here. Huge amounts of noise yet prints beautifully.

 

[Ron Evers]

#1 is a really sweet capture.

 

[rateeg]

awesome.

 

[benlonghair]

#1 is a really sweet capture.

awesome.

Thanks, guys.