Walled Stonechat

[christopher galeski]

Taken yesterday,the light was bright then dull,plus the bird was very flighty,I had to chase it all over the place,then I got the chance,but I had to be quick,so had not got time to change settings.I don't use a hide,just camo clothing.cannon500mm IS,L,F4,1/4EXT,700MM FL,5D111,HANDHELD,iso2000,F6.3,1/6400S,crop,touch of sharpening for web,levels and bit of shadows.

[adrian dancy]

A superb capture of a stonechat on a stone:S3: detail is superb.
I don't know what time of day the image was made but it seems like the yellows are too strong. Is the upper background the sky?

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent capture of this handsome bird. This is a case when a fill flash would have helped to open the dark areas.

[Eric Dienesch]

hey i like it very much. for me the colours are ok.
perhaps with a little bit more light in the dark oart of the picture .

[keith mitchell]

Chris maybe try to lighten the underside of the breast and the stones if you felt so inclined, don't think I would bother .The bird itself is excellent with fine detail and colour and fits beautifully on that nice BG.


Cheers Keith.

[Grace Scalzo]

I like the side light on the bird and the shadows on the rocks. They contain detail. I do wish that the light was hitting the bird's face with the same intensity as it is hitting the side as my eye tends to drift to the brighter places . Wondering about subtle doding of his face to lighten it just a bit.

[Steven Major]

Congrats...I've never had luck chasing birds. A very nice image because of it's composition, colors, BG. I would leave it as is.
Thank You

[Mike Poole]

Thats an excellent result Chris, these little fellas don't hang about much. Lovely warm light, and I think you've done as best as possible with the shadowed breast.

Mike

[Bill Dix]

A nice capture of this flighty little bird, with good detail. I had the same thought about a tiny bit of fill flash - easy to say after the fact. Maybe a little dodging of the shadows, as Grace suggested, is worth a try.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the side lighting, details, DOF, pose and complimentary. I would leave it the way it is, it looks great to me. Well done Chris.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Chris , a great capture of this neat guy . Love the detail , light , tone and colors . Not to forget the very pleasing BG .

Nice work , TFS Andreas

[John Robinson]

Nice one. Maybe just lift the darks a tiny bit. hard not to blow the white neck collar though so has to be selective.
John

[christopher galeski]

Thankyou all for looking and comments,Adrian,it was just after the sun had risen,the BG are cream farm buildings.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Wonderful colours, great details, beautiful BG and composition.

Regards,
satish.