Fledged Wheatear

[christopher galeski]

This image was taken very early this morning of a young wheatear,the BG is vegetation and small quarry rocks,cannon500mm IS,F4,tripod,7D,1/4 x EX,giving 700mm FL,crop,sharpened,denoise BG,removed bright rocks bottom of frame.ISO400,1/250S,F5.6.

[gail bisson]

I think this is lovely.
I like the perky pose and the nice head turn. I think the composition and placement of the bird in the frame is just right. The perch is a perfect size for this little guy and the lichen adds a nice visual touch.
I would blend/soften/clone the bright green band touching the birds chest.
It may be my eyes but I find the eye a bit soft and would sharpen that area a bit more. I would also increase the brightness of the bird very slightly,
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the compsoition and the pose, as soon as I saw it I though the eye and top of the head were a little less sharp than I would have expected. I would suggest brighten up the eye and the area around it slightly and then try for a little more sharpening.

[keith mitchell]

Chris nit covered re sharpening ,classic pose and perch, like it a lot.


Cheers Keith.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Lovely image Chris, well composed and I really like the pose from the little bird as well as its "perch". I agree with comments above regarding the need of sharpening from the eye above, easy to fix and you've got a winner on your hands, I enjoyed viewing very much - thank you!

Kind regards,

[Bill Dix]

Bird, perch and BG are lovely. I hope some selective sharpening will help, since this is an image worth the work. I fear that the focus point was on the flank, and that the head is OOF.

[John Robinson]

Nits covered Chris.
Nice one. better get myself up to our patch- if it stops being what you might call "WET"
Cheers
John

[Binu John]

Lovely bird, pose and BG! I would sharpen the bird more as others suggested. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a cute little fella. I love the perch it chose to land on. Well composed image, and well exposed. Yes, the head seems soft - it can certainly be sharpened for web display. I'd also lighten the reflection in the eye. Although they may have be there on the raw file, I do find the bright greyish "halos" near the tail and head a bit distracting and I would clone in some green on them...the rest of the background is fantastic though!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet bird, perfect eye contact and I like the details in the bg and on that nice rock perch. Well done Chris.

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking,and I agree with comment's.

[David Salem]

Nice one Chris. I like the profile pose for this one and the BG and perch look great. Well done