Wet Paint

Although taken earlier this Spring, I just now got around to doing something with this one. First shot of a Male Painted Bunting I have gotten a chance at. These birds are as unreal as they look, I hope to shoot another some day this close.

Randy

Crazy amount of color! Nice shot.

Awesome capture and congrats.

So vivid. Awesome shot.

wow. That is a great shot.

PixelPusher wrote in post #17699372
Crazy amount of color! Nice shot.

2n10 wrote in post #17699380
Awesome capture and congrats.

Peter2516 wrote in post #17699391
So vivid. Awesome shot.

cole4570 wrote in post #17699403
wow. That is a great shot.

Thank you, Robert, John, and Peter, and Cole, I really appreciate it.
This shot posted on here doesn't look as good as it does on Flickr, which is pretty strange... heheh

Randy

Wow I have never seen any bird like this before! That is wild and what a great close shot you were able to get!!!

Inspeqtor wrote in post #17699406
Wow I have never seen any bird like this before! That is wild and what a great close shot you were able to get!!!

Thank you, Charles, they are not thick around here, but I have seen several, usually far away though. Yeah, I was lucky with this shot to be that close, I feel lucky. heheh

Randy

Good job! I've never even seen one.

CDMOOSE wrote in post #17699505
Good job! I've never even seen one.

This is why you haven't seen one... They aren't in your area.
http://www.allaboutbir​ds.org/guide/Painted_B​unting/id

Thanks, Al, I appreciate your comment.

Randy

Super post.

Thank you, Targetman, I appreciate that!

Randy

Haha Clever title. Nice shot too.

Amazing..!

That's a really unique image, Randy! Unlike any PB photo I've ever seen.

recrisp wrote in post #17699539
This is why you haven't seen one... They aren't in your area.
http://www.allaboutbir​ds.org/guide/Painted_B​unting/id

Yeah, I think all serious bird photographers know about Painted Buntings, but most of us have never seen one because of their very limited distribution within the US. I live in Washington state, 'way up near the British Columbia border....yet I have had the unlikely opportunity to see a painted bunting in June of 2012 because a male wandered thousands of miles from his usual home range. I think it is the only time in recorded history that a PB was ever seen in WA state. Dozens, if not hundreds, of birders were fortunate enough to see it, as news of the bird spread rapidly due to list-serve birding sites. The fact that it stayed in the area for at least a few weeks really helped, too.

Unfortunately, it never came near the road, and no one was allowed to get closer due to the fact that it was on fenced private property.....so as far as I know no truly good photos were ever taken.

Most folks who want to photograph a Painted Bunting travel to Texas to do so, and usually do so as part of a bird photography workshop.