Stonechat

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mk iii
Canon f/2.8 300mm with 2xiii
f/5.6
1/6400
ISO 800

I captured her this morning within the sand dunes on the beach side of the Old Course, St Andrews. I am sure any golfers amongst you will know where I mean:S3:

Thanks for having a look

[John Robinson]

Like the two OOF grass stems at the sides. Is it in moult? Its amazing the stuff that is around here ! The years almost gone !!!
Cheers
John

[keith mitchell]

This is very nice William, might consider cropping out or removing the oof grass on the left, just my own thought of course, bird looks very good and sits very well on that nice Bg.

Keith.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Hi William,
I'm with Keith on the grass on the left. I think it distracts from an otherwise real fine image.

[shane shacaluga]

Nice shot of a great posing species. Light seems to have been a bit harsh and the bottom part of the perch could be toned down slightly

Colours are good and I am ok with the OOF reeds in the BG.

Like the pose too

TFS

[Andy Shepherd]

Smart shot, William. Can't quite decide on the OOF grasses.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi William, I like the angled grassy perch, together with the two OOF strands of grass, as they frame the stonechat nicely. I feel you could tone down the BG a touch.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice setting, the light is a little harsh I don't know if it would help to tone down the brightest highlights a little. I would cetrtaily tone down the rosebay willow herb it is perched on. The two OOF rass strands are fine with me, I think it provides some authenticity to the image.