Australian Magpie

[Greg Oakley]

This is one of our most common, yet iconic birds. I thought the equally popular Aussie native plant, the Kangaroo Paw would make a nice combo with the bird.
D800, 300 2.8, 1.7TC, f7.1, 1/500, ISO 1600.
Thanks, Greg.

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[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Greg,
both blacks and whites exposed properly, excellent details, a nice settings and a great BG. TFS

[vishaljadhav]

Wonderful frame here, the green bg is nicely complimented by the red/pink flowers , the bird is sharp and nicely exposed, very nicely done

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the inquisitive pose, perch, IQ, exposure and BG. Excellent image Greg!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Greg, I like the setting here, and yes, you have exposed the Magpie nicely. Good DOF in the overall image, and just love the inquisitive pose.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful bird excellent pose and detail.
The only reservation I have is the background green, it shouts at me, I would desaturate and maybe lower the brightness just a tad.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful setting, colors and light. I really like the cool stare as well.

[Melissa Groo]

Beautiful portrait. Did you call the bird in at all? So perfectly posed and I love that head tilt towards you, gives a sense of its personality. This is eye candy for sure.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet setup, excellent pose and I especially love how that big foot is wrapping around the forked perch. Could be just my monitor, but I'd add a couple points of black to the blacks.
Nice work!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great pose and colors.

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful colors, great perch choice and awesome pose. Well done.