Yard Birds For C&C Please

[One Sister]

Haven't taken my new lens out of the yard yet...don't know what's stopping me except that I think I still need to sort out the strengths and weaknesses of it. Please view and critique. Thanks.

#1 - A baby waiting for brunch

#2 - This guy had been busy feeding his new baby but stopped to pose for me

#3 - And of course no backyard excursion is complete without one of these guys

 

[kellylindseyphotography]

Nice! I like them all!

 

[ClarkKent]

Great Captures

 

[Overread]

Very nice!
I really like the angles you are getting on these birds, as well as the eye contact!
The first could do with a little less green in it - it might just be me but it looks a little overgreen (esp on the bird)
Also are these 100% crops? (a direct crop without resizing off the original shot)

 

[kundalini]

These are really good. Great poses they gave you.

 

[One Sister]

Nice! I like them all!

Thanks!

Great Captures

Thank you.

Very nice!
The first could do with a little less green in it - it might just be me but it looks a little overgreen (esp on the bird)
Also are these 100% crops? (a direct crop without resizing off the original shot)

I did bump up the saturation a little in PS on the first one. The first and third one were shot at ISO 800. #2 was shot at ISO 1600. Yes, these are 100% crops.

These are really good. Great poses they gave you.

The birds do seem to be wondering what the heck I'm doing. Thanks for your comments.

 

[Miaow]

Very nice pics

 

[One Sister]

Thanks, Miaow.

I kind of like the first one saturated the way it is. The little fella does have those colors, I just bumped them slightly. We think he's a Blue Bird baby, as he just flew from the nest a few feet away. Anyone else have an opinion about it?

Edit: Nope, he's not a Blue Bird but a Blue Jay...in any case blue.