To Bobo on posing

[chauncey]

Posing techniques on pigeons, Pavlov techniques...look at my left shoulder, that's right and then the right one please.





They were kinda big, so I had to do some blending.

[kaneohebud]

Both are great shots with terrific detail and color!

[Brownbear]

Chauncey, the first image is gorgeous! Is that a brown pigeon, on a sandy beach? Were you tempting it with treats, ie; how to get a bird to look at you, as it turned in the 2nd image?

Thank you.

[jamn4ex]

Did you set that perch up, or is that a natural perch the bird found? regardless it works very well .

[NorthernFocus]

Excellent detail etc. I like the pose on the first image. A mourning dove, correct?

[IzzieK]

I am with Dan...#1 is better...

[travis4567]

Beautiful, especially #1, Great color and bokeh.

[Nancy Moran G]

#1 for me too. Excellent all around.
Do tell, what setting was this? Excellent coloring.
Nancy

[chauncey]

I wanted some sort of a photogenic bird feeder...took this lattice of vines that I had peeled from a tree last summer, cleaned and flattened it and left it outdoors to weather.



Placed it on some sawhorses about 10' outside my glass patio door and crammed in some clay pods filled with birdseed, voila...instant feeder. Used a 300mm f/2.8 lens with a 2X TC to get me close...sometimes, too close. Then drink my coffee, do crosswords, and take pictures...kinda like multitasking.

In this case, that pigeon, perched upon the lattice, was the guard for a group of them on the ground, eating the overflow.

[deetheturk]

Nice images Mr B,#1 is also my pick!

[jamn4ex]

great idea Chauncy! I will do something similar with backyard birds . Ty.

[Bobobird]

I knew that tree root thing would be handy. A place for our bird friends is a far better idea than that idea of indoor use that you were throwing about.

Dove - great shots. Detail, colour, layout - all. I like both in that regard. For placement and pose I am with the others here on #1. But... yes, there is a but. If you had lowered yourself just a tiny bit... But... yes another one. Great image regardless.

[chauncey]

If you had lowered yourself just a tiny bit

Or...lengthened the legs on the sawhorse.

[Stinky]

Very nice. Do you shoot through the glass door or keep it open?

[chauncey]

In this case through the glass slider, but it depends on how skittish is the bird.