Winged Echoes

[ksbryan0]

Red Crossbill

Mourning Dove

Northern Flicker

[DennisT]

Lovely compositions Ken. Interesting how the light has caught the ripples and reflected them against the bodies of the birds.
For me the doves are a little under exposed - slightly washed out appearance - almost as though you exposed for the reflection. Are the dark spots on the doves emerald green? We have the emerald spotted wood dove that is remarkably similar.

[ksbryan0]

Thanks Dennis. The dove on the right is probably a tad overexposed, but this was a tough one to process. I would have focused and metered on the eye of the bird to the right, but the evening sun was really warm-colored and it reflected color onto the birds and made them darker and browner than they really are. So I adjusted the color temp and exposure a bit so that on average, the bird color is close to correct

The spots on the doves are black, however they tend to fade into more of an olive-brown during the summer months.