Evening Grosbeak.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Following the back views I posted last week, here is a traditional front view of this beautiful species. Lured to perch via feeder setup...

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, FF, darkened pupil, a couple of lighter spots in the BG toned own. Some of the pastel colours in BG enhanced via sponge tool.

[Diane Miller]

I'm not sure which is more stunning -- the bird or the perch! Simply a drop-dead gorgeous image, with the soft color in the BG setting off the bird so beautifully!

[Gary Esman]

Fantastic shot with a beautiful bird ad perch. I really like the intense look in the eyes and the smooth background.

Gary.

[Arthur Morris]

Too beautiful. Soft light. Great perch. Everything else perfect: position, pose, and head angle.

[Karl Egressy]

Superb image of this great looking bird, Daniel. Perch, pose, background, all look great.

[Raymond Lee]

Beautiful shot Daniel! Everything looks good!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and details

[David Salem]

Another sweet image of this species Daniel. The detail is killer and the pose and perch look great too. Very nice.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Dan this is absolutely superb, the colours and details are exceptionally good, one to be proud of. The perch and background really display the bird to max potential.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice one Daniel. Love the lively perch, light and bird, especially the fine feather details on face.

[Mike Landwehr]

Daniel, it's a truly gorgeous image! Wonderful soft background, and a very interesting perch. I like the color match between the bird's bill and the Spanish moss (or lichen?) just below the bill. Great HA, super sharp, and no distractions to pull the eye away from the subject.

[Grace Scalzo]

I don't know how this could be any more beautiful. A pleasure to view.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with a great perch.