robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Hey, he was "IN" the water, this frame is just between his hopping in and out of the water to shake off. When he was in his head and or tail sticking up was all you could see.

I have had this terracotta bowl in the yard for a few years. Birds drank from it, the dogs drank from it but no one took a bath. So I moved it out from under the overhanging plants into the open. And now the Mockingbirds approve of it for both drinking and bathing. I see at least one there per day.
This morning when I first pulled the drapes over the sliding glass door I saw this one. I took some shots through the double pane glass and screen before trying to open the door for a clear shot. Sure enough when I opened the door the bird took off.

It took a bit of playing with settings to get it to look decent and not washed out and hazy. Not quite realistic but it looks OK.

I can't decide which of these two edits I like best they are so close. Thanks to the dim light the eye doesn't have much yellow showing-I would have liked more of the yellow eye.

Canon 80D,Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/1000 @ f/7.1, ISO-3200
cloudy bright under an overcast at 8:30AM, from tripod at aprx. 30"

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kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nicely done.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Great shots

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

thank you

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Two outstanding shots 🤍🤍🏆🤍🤍

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks, same shot, same crop, different editing paths. And no I can't list them because I am one of those people who plays with the sliders etc. until I like the result then I will transfer the editing to other frames using sync in LR.
One image the majority of the editing was in PS, the other it was LR. The second one there is more contrast between the bird and background then in real life because of the overcast/cloudy bright light.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

Nice catch Jerry. I like the darker subject so door #1 for me.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Ok, thanks a lot

When I look at the image with a "toe" testing the water I can hear the bird saying "Think you could put a solar heater on this thing?"