Bluer than Blue - Eastern Bluebirds

[houtex01]

Nothing better on a Friday afternoon than clear blue skies and a flock of Eastern Bluebirds...located these bluebirds flying back and forth between several trees this past Friday...picked out one of the trees that had some nice limbs for perches...positioned myself with the sun to my back...unfolded my portable stool and within a few minutes had them posing for me...spent about two hours sitting there watching, listening and photographing these beautiful little birds...hope you enjoy...comments always welcomed...ron

[lhdvies]

nice Ron! like the shot of the back!

[Bhushan]

Ron, nice series. #5 is my favorite.

[Fireball]

Beautiful! The one from the back is really special with his eye looking behind too.

[TxPhotoShooter]

Very good series Ron. Like #5 and #6 best.

[Stargazer77517]

Great captures Ron. Om my monitor, I can see a faint glow around the edges of the bird. Anyone else see it or is my monitor doing something crazy.

[houtex01]

Thanks everyone for viewing and leaving your comments...always enjoy them...

Ron

[houtex01]

Originally Posted by Stargazer77517

Great captures Ron. Om my monitor, I can see a faint glow around the edges of the bird. Anyone else see it or is my monitor doing something crazy.

Fred, it's probably not your monitor...on some of these, I used the healing brush to remove some unwanted limbs...looking closer on my screen, I can see faint glow on #1, 8 & 9...I just started trying to use this tool in PE 8...is there some trick to removing this glow around the edges after using the healing brush...is there a better method for cleanup removal on your photo?

Ron

[Stargazer77517]

Originally Posted by houtex01

Fred, it's probably not your monitor...on some of these, I used the healing brush to remove some unwanted limbs...looking closer on my screen, I can see faint glow on #1, 8 & 9...I just started trying to use this tool in PE 8...is there some trick to removing this glow around the edges after using the healing brush...is there a better method for cleanup removal on your photo?

Ron

Ron, wish I could help, but Im not that great at using that tool also. Hope someone will post an answer.

[jfoureyes]

Really cool bluebird Ron... They are still on my want list, but I'm thinking it may be next year because it's starting to warm up down here and they head north.

[preames]

Nice series of shote Ron. 4 and 5 are my favs.

[corralup]

Nice set, Ron. This is what I do. I match up the color of the background to my eraser tool then I outline the area, refine edges, Gaussian blur 2 pixels. I forgot to mention I also use Paintbucket. The osprey avatar is a prime example of Paintbucket tool.

[rjsalinas]

all great pictures, Ron. i think i like the back shot best

[kmeronek]

Nice captures Ron. My favorite is the back shot.

[houtex01]

Thanks everyone for viewing and leaving your comments...always enjoy reading them...

Ron