Female Baltimore Oriole

Posted by Steve Sage on Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:57 pm

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I was lucky to have a pair of these around this year but they proved to be the most difficult backyard birds to shoot. It was easy enough to get them to feed on oranges but they quickly learned to come from high up in the trees straight to the orange feeders. Here is one of a few successful frames i got.

Canon 10d, 400mm 2.8IS, 2XII, ISO400, 1/500 sec, f8, cropped from horizontal.

I have corrected the subject name from Northern Oriole to Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, per E.J.'s correct information. If it changes again please let me know.

Yes I use Sibley's, but I guess I hadn't kept up on this one.

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by AlexC on Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:07 pm

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Lovely morsel, Steve!!!, Wonderful pose, nice light and great detail, a tad flat as presented, a touch of levels will make it pop!!, Nice perch as well, and Killer BG!!!, Very nice!!! Congrats!!

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:36 pm

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Very nice Steve,

Nice background, nice comp and the open bill adds a lot.

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by Richard on Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:46 pm

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Steve,

Sweet Image! The perch is nice but a little big for the bird. The color and pose are wonderful, love the slightly open beak and clean background. Very nice!

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:55 pm

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Unless its changed again recently, I think these went back to being called Baltimore Orioles. Whatever the name, its a very very nice photo.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:08 pm

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A clean, beautiful shot, Steve. I love it.

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by Andrew Mc on Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:43 pm

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Excellent composition. You can really hear the little fellow singing here - well done

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by Jim Urbach on Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:05 pm

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Steve, the perch may be big, but the clean BG and open bill are great.

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by LHays on Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:26 pm

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A very nice image. I have never had them in my backyard so you are certainly lucky. The perch really doesn't bother me as I'm attracted to the colorful bird.

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by Greg Downing on Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:31 pm

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Very sweet! There are some tricks to get them to work their way to the oranges. Using a long branch, leaning it on and angle and mounting the orange at the bottom can sometimes convince them to climb down the perch. Getting them to pause is another story. You can also put the orange right up in the tree and prune all the branches but one for the bird to work its way out on.

Anyway, this is very nicely done and I am envious that you have these in your back yard. Living near Baltimore you would think there would be more around :roll:

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by Cindy Marple on Wed Aug 27, 2003 9:12 pm

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Sweet as they come!

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by Heather Forcier on Wed Aug 27, 2003 9:46 pm

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Splendid colors and background, I especially like the turn of the head.

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by Jill on Wed Aug 27, 2003 10:43 pm

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Steve, I love her! Her colors are gorgeous and serenity reigns supreme! Do keep pleasing her with oranges ...

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by Bruce Sherman on Wed Aug 27, 2003 11:28 pm

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Nice shot with a great BG. Good work.

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by Rich S on Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:46 am

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Northern or Baltimore, it's very nice and the singing pose puts it over the top.

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by Bob Ettinger on Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:08 am

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Steve,

Well done all around.

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by Jim Neiger on Thu Aug 28, 2003 2:30 pm

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Beautiful shot.

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:19 pm

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Glad everyone has decided what it is. All I know is I've never taken a picture of one.

You image looks great to me though.

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by Juli Wilcox on Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:23 pm

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Just love this. Yellows appear almost as a water color painting. Might try a little more selective USM but not even too convinced that would improve the image, I would just try it out and see.

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