Painted Bunting

[Irap]

Painted Bunting perched on grass with seeds

Both shot today with D850 and a Nikon 200-500 @ 1/800 - f5.6 - ISO 250 @ 480mm and both cropped

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[DRwyoming]

Both beautiful images Ira. Great job, I love the soft backgrounds and interesting perches supporting the great colors of the Bunting.

 

[Irap]

Both beautiful images Ira. Great job, I love the soft backgrounds and interesting perches supporting the great colors of the Bunting.

Thanks DR, he was jumping around, in different views, to show off the beautiful color of it's feathers.

 

[Ralph]

Painted Bunting perched on grass with seeds

Both shot today with D850 and a Nikon 200-500 @ 1/800 - f5.6 - ISO 250 @ 480mm and both cropped
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Wonderful images Ira! I love the contrast between blue and reds of the bunting and the green background.

 

[Irap]

Wonderful images Ira! I love the contrast between blue and reds of the bunting and the green background.

Thanks Ralph

 

[Icarus]

Drop dead gorgeous!!!!

 

[Louis champan]

A gorgeous bird and you've done a masterful job with it.

 

[Irap]

Drop dead gorgeous!!!!

Thanks Icarus

 

[Irap]

A gorgeous bird and you've done a masterful job with it.

Thank you Louis

 

[Rassie]

He's quite the beauty. And you photographed him wonderfully. The entire background is beautiful.

 

[Charles Loy]

Fantastic!

 

[Irap]

He's quite the beauty. And you photographed him wonderfully. The entire background is beautiful.

Thanks Rassie

 

[Irap]

Fantastic!

Thanks Charles

 

[jijir]

very nice shots, birds, background & gorgeous colors: bravo ! sir

 

[Woodyg3]

That first shot is a wall hanger, for sure!

 

[Irap]

very nice shots, birds, background & gorgeous colors: bravo ! sir

Thanks Jijir

 

[Irap]

That first shot is a wall hanger, for sure!

Thanks Woody

 

[ssheipel]

Just lovely!

 

[ButlerKid]

Outstanding images, Ira! That first one is my fav!!!!! Superb capture and processing!

You are so very lucky to have such wonderful photo ops! I spent the day getting sunburned in the desert - as I photographed some gloriously red rock formations! LOL!

 

[Irap]

Just lovely!

Thanks Steven

 

[Irap]

Outstanding images, Ira! That first one is my fav!!!!! Superb capture and processing!

You are so very lucky to have such wonderful photo ops! I spent the day getting sunburned in the desert - as I photographed some gloriously red rock formations! LOL!

Thanks Karen, I'm sure your gloriously red rock formations came out very beautiful.

 

[ButlerKid]

Thanks Karen, I'm sure your gloriously red rock formations came out very beautiful.

Nah. I'm green with envy for your image!

 

[Cristobal]

Outstanding photos and the bokeh is so beautiful too!

 

[Indrajeet Singh]

Wow! Excellent set of images. What a lovely bird!

 

[Ken Miracle]

Really cool shots ... not a bird I have ever seen ... it would be a real vagrant out here in Idaho