Indigo Buntings

[Didereaux]

Using the suggestions and observations made on the 'Summer Tanager' thread - Here are the Indigo Buntings taken the same day and location as the Tanagers.
1. Male


2. Female


3. Immature

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[Wavelength]

Beautiful; the last one has a fascinating green

[rtbaum]

Beautiful images.

An interesting trivial note from Cornell Lab of Ornithology, "Like all other blue birds, Indigo Buntings lack blue pigment. Their jewel-like color comes instead from microscopic structures in the feathers that refract and reflect blue light, much like the airborne particles that cause the sky to look blue."

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Dudley,

What I like about both series is the detail in the birds despite them often (e.g. 1 & 2 above) being against a bland and no doubt bright white sky - you have controlled the highlights well.

Thanks for numbers.

Dave

[Didereaux]

A few days later

[Wavelength]

Excellent; what natural thing turned into that color of bokeh in the second image here, I wonder!!!

[rudi]

All good shots Dudley, love the last two for the eye-contact and the lovely bokeh !!

[bnnrcn]

Beautiful images, I like them all