Stonechat at sunset

[Mike Hitchen]

The owl-hunting was a bust so a final throw before making the commitment to leave I tried a couple different things and tried a silhouette while trying to keep a small amount of detail in the bird.


Canon 7D2, 400 DOMkII, ISO250 f5.6 1/800sec

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[keith mitchell]

Mike it's good to make the best of a bad situation ,there is certainly enough detail to show it is a Stonechat,like the bird with the bg but wish some of the taller twigs where missing.

Keith.

[Mike Hitchen]

Thank you Keith. I did wonder about the bird looking towards taller twigs in mid frame. So I have tried a portrait version - I think it loses something for being so narrow but comments for future reference would be welcome.

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[keith mitchell]

Mike just a personal take of course but I much prefer this version.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, the composition of the repost is much stronger. If mine I'd be tempted to punch up the saturation a bit more.

[David Salem]

I like the vertical best but I don't like images that are in between a silhouette. Since we can't see the eye at all, I would fill in the bird and make it solid. Nice thought though. TFS