I live in Boise, Idaho and have been told there were some Western Bluebirds on the ditchbank where I walk my faithful Labrador retriever, Joe. I was only seeing sparrows on my walks, and soon gave up carrying my Nikon Z9 with the 500 Pf lens and 1.4x teleconverter. It has been COLD and the camera is heavy to carry for the mile plus walk I take every day with Joe. One day I was walking and commented to one of the frequent birders that walk the ditchbank that I sure wished I could see one of the "rarely seen here" Western Bluebirds.
"There goes one now," she said and pointed to one of the sparrows I had been seeing all winter. Turns out these are not the big bluebirds I used to see in the forrest when bowhunting for elk. I brought my Z9 down the next day and this is my favorite of the images I captured. I share the backstory as I find it humorous and I hope you do also.
What I am looking for are your thoughts on whether to leave this as is, or to narrow this to perhaps a 9 x 16 ratio verticle crop and filling the picture with mostly bird. Like this.
All suggestions welcome.
"There goes one now," she said and pointed to one of the sparrows I had been seeing all winter. Turns out these are not the big bluebirds I used to see in the forrest when bowhunting for elk. I brought my Z9 down the next day and this is my favorite of the images I captured. I share the backstory as I find it humorous and I hope you do also.
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What I am looking for are your thoughts on whether to leave this as is, or to narrow this to perhaps a 9 x 16 ratio verticle crop and filling the picture with mostly bird. Like this.
You can only see EXIF info for this image if you are logged in.
All suggestions welcome.