Theme: Horned Lark.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks for looking and commenting.

Canon 7D Mark II.
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II.
ISO 200
f 7.1
1/2000 s

[annmpacheco]

Brrrrrhhh.... I think this qualifies for our winter theme Karl. Lovely snowy surround and terrific pose. Looking for a bit more detail.

[gail bisson]

This is lovely Karl.
My only suggestion would be to crop up from the bottom (and right to maintain proportions). I find the FG quite heavy for this little beauty.
Gail

[stuart wanuck]

nice love the good whites

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, nicely shown. Living in Florida I find the snow as a perch unique and interesting. Thank you for sharing, Karl.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the fresh snow mound (recently plowed country road?) and alert pose with a perfect head angle. The bit of greyish shadowing in the background is really appealing.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

What a beauty, Karl. Love the colors and design of this bird you've captured so well. Nicely handled whites and I like the BG too. I might crop from the bottom just above the darker shaded patch lower left.



Geoffrey

[Bill Dix]

Terrific perch and head angle. I can see some crop as suggested above, but the beautiful fresh snow "landscape" is such an important part of the image that it works just fine for me as presented. Most definitely a Theme image.

[D. Robert Franz]

Looks cold! A fine image showing environmental conditions!