Who said LBJs can't be beautiful? :)

[Richard Flack]

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A Leveillant's Cisticola amongst the cosmos.
Taken yesterday while birding the devon farmlands, south easter Gauteng, South Africa.
I look forward to your comments...

Date taken: 14 March 2015
Photo details:
ISO 800
Shutter speed 1/6400
F stop 6.3
Exposure bias 0
Canon 7dMkII, 400 f2.8

[Eric Dienesch]

Of course they can, you show it here.

beautifull colors (like pastell shade) and i like it with more shown from the environment.

[Andre Pretorius]

Hi Richard

Love the comp and the pose of the bird.

Bottom third of image but too busy for me, find it a bit distracting.
IMHO would remove some of the OOF Cosmos in lower BG, if your ethics permits.

Love the "feel/emotion" in this image!

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful image. The bird might need an other round of sharpening. Otherwise everything looks good.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely environmental shot, with good dynamic pose. Now if the flowers had just been facing you......:S3:

[Ivan Sjögren]

Wonderful setting! The pose is excellent and so is the light. Very happy feel to this image. I would also be interested in seeing this shot with a smaller crop. I don't think the bottom part is distracting so far.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm liking this a lot. Super nice flowers, and the BG sets everything off beautifully. I like the landing/gripping pose. There is a subtle paler line along the top edge that I would cover, and only one of the oof flowers bug me...the larger pink one cut in half at right edge. You could also try to tame what appears to be colour noise on the side of the subject. All else is highly appealing to me, really nicely done!

[Richard Flack]

Thanks so much for the comments and ideas guys! Appreciate you taking the time!