Brown Thornbill

[Greg Oakley]

From a couple of weeks ago. One of quite a few thornbill species, this tiny (and fast moving) bush bird is relatively common in southern Australia. Thanks for looking, Greg

D800, 300 2.8, 1.7TC, f7.1, 1/250, ISO1400, flash

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[Ian Wilson]

Spot on Greg. I like the tea-tree support for this picture, good background as usual, nice use of fill flash. Great work. Regards, Ian

[Andrew Robinson]

Superb Greg, beautifully framed, nothing I would change at all.

Andrew

[Andy Shepherd]

The BG makes the shot IMO, it's such a gorgeous colour. Perch is very nice and what a smart little bird. Well done, Greg.

[gail bisson]

Your set-ups are awesome.
Love the IQ, the perch, the BG.
If I were to be very "critical" I would wish for a slightly better head angle towards us,
Gail

[keith mitchell]

Greg don't really see how you could improve on this,it really is excellent.

Cheers Keith.

[Karl Egressy]

Your usual very high quality image, Greg.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the oversize head on this fella! I'm with Gail about the head angle but I suspect you only got a nano-second to take this :-)

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Greg, you have nailed another little beauty. Tack sharp, great IQ, and just love the overall detail and colours. Lots to look at. Well captured.

[MiroslavMaric]

Well done composition and BG. Like the position of the bird. And some fruits on the branch make the picture very attractive and cute. Cheers! Miro

[Sidharth Kodikal]

You nail these setups Greg! I love how all the elements in your setups are just right. Size, scale, color etc.
Beautiful perch. I like the size of the bird in the frame. Lovely bg too. A little more head turn is all I could wish for here.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Only likes here as well. Great use of fill flash.

[Graeme Cox]

Great image Greg, crisp and sharp…. love it..

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Lovely photo. From my experience these are usually in amongst foliage and not so out in the open.
Did you use calls to get it to the perch?