Bluebird in tree - what do you think?

Hi all

What do you think of this? And how can I improve it?

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The picture is really nice but i had trouble spoting the bird.

I really like the shot and the colours are excellent, however I might even think about removing the bird and give the whole shot a greater feeling of size (i.e. given the size of the bird the tree cant be nearly as big as I though before seeing the bird). Either way its a great photograph.

In this case I think the bird is a distraction, as it doesn't add to the overall beauty of the image.

Thanks guys - interesting comments. Is this better?

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Yup, I like it much better this way. The darn bird wasn't even posing for you, anyway!

Nice photo, like the colours.

I like it better without the bird.....but feel bad because you titled the shot 'Bluebird in tree' and now we've made you take it out

sugarzebra wrote in post #3040447
I like it better without the bird.....but feel bad because you titled the shot 'Bluebird in tree' and now we've made you take it out

That's life!

Unfortunately, yes, the bird just seemed too small and blurry, colors and textures are wonderful!

KAC

I like the picture a lot with or without the bird. In fact, I had to scan the image for several seconds to even notice the bird. I certainly don't think the bird detracts from the image though.

Is that a bristlecone pine? Is it in southern Utah or northern Arizona?

BTW what lens and settings did you use?

Yeah, I like the edited version too. Great shot.

Stefan

Wow great photograph. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for all your comments guys. It looks like the bird may have to go!

Gooble - thanks for that. I don't know whether it's a bristlecone pine (it could well be), but I can tell you that the picture was taken in Canyonlands, Utah (so your guess was almost spot on then!). The exposure was 1/200 @f/10 at ISO 400 and, if I remember correctly, a CPL was used. The lens I used was the 17-85 kit lens, although I have now changed that for a 24-105 f/4L

Still can't see the bird in the original. Oh well, it's a beautiful picture.