YHBB

[David Salem]

I got lucky this spring and found a marsh with a pair or two of YHBBs. This was the king of the marsh and he would sit on this dead snag and chase everything off.

He would also do some beautiful calling with that raspy call of theirs and his head thrown way back. Fun bird to hang out with on a Sunday morning.

Thanks again for looking and for the warm welcome to this forum.

David

7D f7.1 ISO 400 ss1/1000 +1/3 @700mm

[gail bisson]

This is lovely.
Great BG- check
Perfect HA- check
Excellent IQ and exposure- check
I like the ruffled chest feathers . The white feathers look good too.
I would add a bit more on the top to make this more of a vertical and less boxy,
Gail

[Ryan Schain]

I like the perch, exposure, and the background. I'm not a huge fan of the crop, and would make this into a more typical vertical crop, and also sharpen the bird more.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and colours. For vertical I usually crop as 8"x10" and it works most of the time.

[David Salem]

Thanks allot Gail for the nice comments. Thanks Ryan and Karl also. Here is a vertical. Also even though the origional is very sharp, I added some sharpening for the Web. What do you guys think.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful!! The square crop worked OK IMO, but the repost is better. I love simple image designs like this. Great pose with a perfect head angle (HA) and I dig the ruffled throat feathers. It's always best to add some sharpening for web, so good on ya to do so.

[David Salem]

Thank you very much Daniel. These critiques mean allot to me coming from very competent wildlife photographers. Thanks for the advice on sharpening too. I was afraid that it would degrade the image but it looks unhurt.

David

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, excellent exposure on two difficult colours, and you have capture a good pose and HA. Good DOF, sharp, and I like your smooth BG. I prefer your repost - well done.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. I really like the perch, great background, exposed very well, and superb feather detail. I like the repost better.
Very well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

David,
Every thing has been said about this magnificent image.Love the beautiful pose,excellent details in blacks and yellow.

Satish.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Really like the repost better. Gret color and detail and a nice clean bg

[Bill Dix]

Sweet. Great color, exposure, detail. Nice comp in the repost. Very well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks allot Gail for the nice comments. Thanks Ryan and Karl also. Here is a vertical. Also even though the origional is very sharp, I added some sharpening for the Web. What do you guys think.

I like it, David. Looks great!!!!!

[Marina Scarr]

I do like the repost better but the square crop worked also. Lovely pose, angle, colors and details on this one.

[David Salem]

Thank you everyone for looking and for your nice comments and suggestions.

I appreciate it very much


Dave

[Ishmeet Sahni]

A beauty of a bird. I like the HA and the BG. Like the re-post better.

[Frank Schauf]

Lovely portrait and that is some nice warm looking background.

[David Salem]

Thank you very muck Ishmeet and Frank for looking and your comments.

David