Corn Bunting

[shane shacaluga]

Hundreds of these have recently arrived in one of my usual spots. For some reason they all line up on barbed wire fences preferring this to a more natural perch

D800e
300f4 + 1.7x TC
f6.7
1/1600
ISO 640

Cropped for composition, selectively sharpened birds bright areas and run Neat Image NR on background.

BG is a wheat field thats just started to grow last month

Thanks for viewing

[Alan Murphy]

Nice detail on this one and a good comp. Not sure on the barbed wire.

[shane shacaluga]

Thanks Alan, i didn't like the barbed wire either but this is where these buntings like to hang out unfortunately

Will try for a more natural perch next time I am in that area

[Marina Scarr]

In this case, I don't find the barbed wire to be an issue. Super pose and BG. I think I would take some off of the bottom and left to tighten it up just a tad. Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Shane, I like the angled pose, sharp where it counts, and before reading Marina's comment, I would have suggested to take some off the bottom. Clean BG.

[shane shacaluga]

Did a quick crop as suggested and removed some sharpening which I had applied by mistake to the barbed wire. Hopefully it will stand out a bit less now

[arash_hazeghi]

good HA and BG, the barbed wire doesn't work here IMO.