Juvenile wheatear

[OvidiuCavasdan]

40D, EF 300mm F4 IS
F8, 1/320 sec, ISO 250
Manual mode, car as blind, croped (80%)

[Bill Dix]

Very nice pose and complimentary BG. I'm not familiar with the bird except by photos, but I'm guessing he's molting? I could imagine a version with a little less of the rock.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Bill, I'm not a bird specialist, I was thinking it is a juvenile because in other images I''ve shot (magnified 300%) the "edges" of the beak, at the base are thick and yellow. Thanks for comment.

[Arthur Morris]

Neat bird with a beautiful complementary background. I like the rock too. Id' take just a bit off the left side and a sliver off the right side to get closer to 3X2. In an ideal world the bird's head would not be turned quite so much toward us.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Agree with Artie about the head angle so turn towards you, but I would still be happy with this one. I do like the rock, and very nice clean BG. I would make the rock a tad darker.

[Satish Ranadive]

Ovidiu,
Magnificent image.Very nice colorscheme. Love the colors of bird.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the foot holding on to the top of the rock. Good techs and excellent details. Perch and BG look fine too. I agree with too much head turn (I usually do not like it when the far eye is just barely peeking - I'd rather more or nothing there). I like the crop as is, but I'm thinking something similar to the previous image you posted would have been even better. Sweet subject BTW!