Maghreb Wheatear

[Ignacio Yufera]

Male Maghreb Wheatear near Ouarzazate, Morocco. A typical stony desert species.

Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 800 f/5.6 +1.4x; 1/2000, f/8.0, ISO 400.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful landing pose, well exposed and composed. I love the wing spread, perch and desert bg. I might wish to see the eyes a little better, but if I were landing in that prickly stuff I'd be looking down too.

[jack williamson]

I would like to see more of the eyes but this is a great landing shot. Nice BG.

Jack

[Dave Leroy]

I really like the full out incoming pose as well as prickly perch and lovely bg. Agree that the eyes would add to an already lovely photo.

[Alan Murphy]

Great landing pose.

[Doug Brown]

Very nice pose with the exception of the lack of eye contact. Cool perch and a nice BG make for an overall solid image.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent landing pose against nice background.

[Arthur Morris]

I like the image and am not very much concerned with the lack of eye contact or even a good view of the eyes. As per the comment on the thorns by Bill Dix :). Nice underwing detail in spite of the seemingly harsh light. Nice BKGR too.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely landing pose with a great extension on the wings. Good exposure and nice smooth BG. For me the bird looking down is normal for this landing pose.

[Ignacio Yufera]

Thank you all. Bill, :S3: on your comment; landing on those needs concentration!

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent landing pose & feather details Ignacio. Lovely BG. It's very similar to our Mourning Wheater we can see in the south of IRAN. Thanks for sharing

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Wow, stunning capture. The timing was just right as I really like the outstretched wings. Also love the angle of the head with respect to the wings.

[Sanjeevprakash]

Beautiful Landing Shot,Ignacio

[Ignacio Yufera]

It's very similar to our Mourning Wheater we can see in the south of IRAN. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Mohsen; actually, this species was recently split from the widespread Mourning Wheatear, mostly on the basis that the female is totally different.

[Shawn Zierman]

Awesome image! The composition looks perfect to me. A thing not mentioned....
I think the bird's beautiful contrasting black and white head pattern, make the
"no eye contact" thing work much better here, than say if the bird's head was a
more uniform color...

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

A lovely bird and landing pose, I don't bother with eye contact in this one since it makes sense to me that the bird is focused on the perch. Nice BG and IQ.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great landing pose with really nice wing detail. I do wish for just a twinkle of eye but the great pose makes up for it for me