Eastern Kingbird

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Photographed in upstate New York on the weekend. It was very warm and humid and this kingbird lifted the wings because of that.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/98746695/original.jpg

1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/800s, f/8, ISO 400

[Mike Lentz]

Nice light, pose, DOF and perfect comp! :)

[Juan Aragonés]

The pose is majestic Axel and the BG really good. I love that eye contact!!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

excellent image with lovely bokeh. i might be tempted to rotate the image CCW a wee bit.

[Jim Fenton]

Love the background and the somewhat spread wings...kind of reminds me of a great blue heron beginning their wing spread to dissipate heat when it's warm and humid outside.

[john crookes]

Excellent pose with a very nice subject love the bg might tone down the top of the bill and the left of the perch also brighten the eye a tad to bring out the natural color

nice


John

[Alfred Forns]

Just perfect Axel !!! Love the sharpness and great detail Excellent feel !!!

[Doug Brown]

Nice as presented Axel! The subtle behavior is a plus. I might tone down the bottom left of the perch but that's about it.

[john crookes]

anoyher quick viveza job with three clicks

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks for the repost, John. The perch looks good, I find the eye a bit too bright, at least on my monitor.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm wondering if some of the blacks near the head (especially in the back and the cheek) area could go a tad darker. Otherwise really nice! I like the vertical pose :-)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Really nice,fantastic bg and great pose!!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great pose and beautiful capture Axel with excellent eye contact and detail. A killer BG too. Definitely a keeper !!!!!

[Fabs Forns]

Love the pose and the clean, warm BG. I love Viveza too!

[Mike Tracy]

Just insert all the positive things said above and that's my feelings. With the beak toned down it's about close to perfect in my eyes.

[Dave Phillips]

wish this were mine Axel.....beautiful bird and bg.

the viveza appears a tad bright to me, but do like the tone of upper bill a lot

[Philip Pietri]

Killer photo. Love the pose and the clean background. Repost brings out a tad more detail. Excellent work.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow, wow, the perch, bird, BG and eye contact are great, jc

[Lana Hays]

Axel
I sure like the pose.....and those wings. Simplicity at it's best. The repost looks good on my current laptop.....but it might have some bright areas on my other one. Therefore I'll just keep drooling now.