Ready to Grow Into His Colors

This is a 1st year male painted bunting - remember all the beautiful colors of the ones I've posted earlier - couldn't believe this is the way he starts out!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful capture, light, composition

[Joan Robillard]

Good capture.

[Francesca Ciarrocchi]

Great capture!

[Pat]

very sharp and frame filling, and you got mouthing off

[Stef Neyhart]

Great color and dof, Milanie! fav

[Islandgirl]

Gorgeous love the bokeh!

[Taffy]

Love the warm lighting.

[Tony]

Fantastic detail and vivid colours.

[Debra]

Very well done...love the lighting! Fav

[Faye Turner]

Wonderful dof! Sweet capture!

[Veena Gupta]

Living near forests is so wonderful. One gets a firsthand education in the flora and fauna of the area. Great capture.A fav.

[Rick]

Super capture.

[Janet B.]

Thank you for providing this look at a juvenile! I had no idea they didn't get their colors until later in life. The warm tones create such a pretty picture!

[Rick Schies]

Nice DOF

[Dawn]

Lovely shot

[Gayle]

Amazing that's how they start out! Terrific capture! Love the background!

[Irene Marshall]

Great shot Fav.

[Karen]

How interesting! Fav

[Jerome]

Very nice! Beautiful!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Lovely lighting on a pretty bird

[KoalaGardens🐨]

birds are so amazing - lovely shot :)

[Myrna O'Hara]

very cool light, you can see how the colors will change

[Peter Grave]

Lovely capture.

[sally agnew]

He looks very bland with his juvenile plumage :)

[Terri]

Its so neat to see them at all their stages, what a beautiful capture.

[Karen Mitchell]

Nice to capture this stage too! I love this dof and the action pose.

[Catherine P]

Beautiful. love the colours and the dof

[Lynda McG]

Gorgeous capture

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot