Sometimes you can get too close you know

Sometimes this male Costas perches too close to me when I have my 300mm lens mounted. Because he was within the lens minimum focus distance, I had to lean back in order to focus on him. I'm not really complaining though.

These were also tricky to shoot because he was under the patio cover in the shade with the yard backlit behind him.

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Gene, lol.I do ALOT of leaning backwards when these little ones decide to perch close! Really sweet photos. My two are buzzing all the birds in the birch tree?

Well done Gene

Thanks for your comments. I know these don't have the most photogenic backgrounds but I couldn't resist taking them. When I opened the door to my patio and stepped out, it looked as though he was just sitting there waiting for me to take his photograph.

Just love those willing subjects.

navydoc wrote in post #16268691
Thanks for your comments. I know these don't have the most photogenic backgrounds but I couldn't resist taking them. When I opened the door to my patio and stepped out, it looked as though he was just sitting there waiting for me to take his photograph.

Perhaps some cropping would help draw more attention to the bird. Nice shots nevertheless. I think we can withstand viewing them.

ed57gmc wrote in post #16270439
Perhaps some cropping would help draw more attention to the bird. Nice shots nevertheless. I think we can withstand viewing them.

Thanks for the comment. I originally planned on cropping these tighter but because of the odd background, I felt they looked better by not cropping tight to give the background some context.

navydoc wrote in post #16270940
Thanks for the comment. I originally planned on cropping these tighter but because of the odd background, I felt they looked better by not cropping tight to give the background some context.

I see your point. To go that route you would probably want I do some further processing to the background. That decision would be based on your purpose for the photo.