More Eastern Bluebirds

The Eastern Bluebirds have been numerous recently with as many as a dozen visiting at once. I have included images that shows the variety of color...both blues and reds...of the different birds. 

The images were captured with a Canon 7DMII and a Canon EF 100-400MM F/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens handheld in daylight. The RAW images were imported into Adobe Lightroom, cropped, then processed for exposure, color correction, and sharpening.

I have been shooting in Canon's Camera Neutral color setting and importing the RAW images into Lightroom with the same setting in the Camera Calibration module to keep what I see on the camera LCD and in Lightroom consistent. For birds and wildlife, I have been finding I prefer that setting. In Lightroom, I typically set the black/white points, adjust clarity, adjust the Tone Curve, touch-up the minor issues, apply some Dodge and/or Burn if necessary, and then sharpen. 

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Eastern Bluebirds Feeding

The Eastern Bluebird has been a common sight around the yard recently. On this cold and snow-covered morning in February, several Eastern Bluebirds, as many as five at one time, were feeding. I captured the images shown here while sitting at my kitchen table about eight feet away from the bird feeder.

The images were captured handheld using a Canon 7D Mark II and Canon EF 100-400MM F4.5/5.6L IS USM lens. The RAW images were imported into Adobe Lightroom for exposure adjustment, cropping, and Dodge & Burn using the local adjustment brush.

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