Colorado Blue Bird

shawnc · January 9, 2021

Found this beauty while hiking in Pinetop,Lakeside, AZ.USA.
Perched above several harvested Pine Trees.
The reflection of these dead trees produced a wonderful Golden / Orange glow all around the area.

David_S85 · January 10, 2021

Great catch and pic. I've been to Colorado many times but have never seen this bird there. Beautiful species. The negative bokeh-ed background adds to the overall comp and appeal, but maybe there's too much of it? Possibly a somewhat tighter crop might add to the subject, IMO.

shawnc · January 12, 2021

@David_S85 said:
Great catch and pic. I've been to Colorado many times but have never seen this bird there. Beautiful species. The negative bokeh-ed background adds to the overall comp and appeal, but maybe there's too much of it? Possibly a somewhat tighter crop might add to the subject, IMO.

Thanks for your comments David. We were hiking along the Colorado Plateau Rim area when we spotted this fellow. I do have a tighter crop, different head position. I did not want to over crop the image.

David_S85 · January 13, 2021

^ Much better crop.

shawnc · January 13, 2021

@David_S85 said:
^ Much better crop.

@David_S85 said:
Great catch and pic. I've been to Colorado many times but have never seen this bird there. Beautiful species.

The bird above was surrounded by thousands of dead/brown pine trees. It produced quite a glow/reflection...
I took this one a few weeks back in Durango Colorado during a small snow storm.