Summer birds 2

[Phoenix]

Red cap - it's been feasting on figs and mulberries.
Red cap by Joanne, on Flickr

Wattle bird being a bit rude - stick prop is in background.. we have since made the perch all look natural.
Wattle bird by Joanne, on Flickr

Fledgling dove
Fledgling dove by Joanne, on Flickr

[avkomp]

good job on these. up close and personal for sure

[Phoenix]

Thank you. The heat seems to take the fear out of them.

[seaslug]

Very detailed. Nice job.

[Phoenix]

Appreciate you taking the time to look and comment Greg. :-)

[Alan]

Top one is a new one for me.

I'm find them cropped a bit tight, but I realise why you did it.

I have the same problem on my bird bath. I have to wait for them to land on the placed perch above/next to.

I try to look for interesting branches in my travels so I don't have the same branch appearing in my shots for months on end - (been a slack lately though).

I also find draping a bit of 'Old Man's Beard' over a branch can 'age' it if you can't find a nice lichen covered one.

Also keeping a simple b/g a fair distance away so it blurs nicely. I haven't achieved this in our new place, yet.

It's always a challenge

[Phoenix]

All good points... haven't got old mans beard around here that any old man would want to give me.. but I do understand the idea.. I am sure I could come up with a substitute.