The Return Male Wheatear 2014

[christopher galeski]

Taken the other morning,these birds return from Africa to breed here in the uk,this place is a disused quarry,the sun just peeked above the cliff face,it was only early,but maybe a tad bright,what do you think,cannon500mm IS LF4,7d,MONOPOD,cropped and sharpened for web,reduced highlights and brightness,iso 800,F/6.3,1/5000S,EXPCOM1,forgot to drop ISO.comments welcome.sorry for end of tail hidden.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Good to see the wheatear, they are on my patch but not had a chance yet. I like the colours the bird rock and background all seem to compliment one another. Exposure looks OK but I would suggest the blacks are a little on the dense side. The image looks just a little on the heavy side if you get my meaning, perhaps consider the contrast also?

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Chris, I like the angled pose, and captured in lovely early light. The colours of the wheatear, perch and BG all compliment each other.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful light on this guy, and a nice body position (tail noted). Head looks just a tad softer than the flank, which is probably where the focus point was. Maybe a touch of selective sharpening?

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image beautiful color pallet.Very nice lights,beautiful pose and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Rob Melone]

Excellent composition and capture christpher! Just love the exposure on this one.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice light, perch, BG. I'd have preferred the subject a bit higher in the frame by pointing your lens down a tad more though. Perhaps brighten the image by half a stop or so too? Still a good image of an appealing bird.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, exposure, light and complimentary BG. Excellent image Chris.

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely bird captured in beautiful light, Chris.

[David Salem]

Beautiful little bird and your usual great job capturing them. Great pose, BG and perch. I agree with Dan that it could use a third to a half stop increase in exposure. Well done.

[christopher galeski]

Thankyou everybody,for looking and your comments.

[keith mitchell]

Hi Chris, most points already covered above, very great looking image ,with super light effect .

Keith.:S3:

[Holger Leyrer]

Very nice image, Christopher.
Like the super light, perch, pose, details and the killer BG. Well done!

[christopher galeski]

Thanks Keith and Holger for looking and comments.