Eastern Phoebe

[Joseph Przybyla]

I went to Circle B Bar Reserve yesterday morning where I came across this Eastern Phoebe. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/7.1 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1400 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation

[Arthur Morris]

Nice EXP, HA, and BKGR (but for the light area). An option would be to have pointed the lens down as the bottom half of the image is not adding much ...

am

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice EXP, HA, and BKGR (but for the light area). An option would be to have pointed the lens down as the bottom half of the image is not adding much ...

am

Hi Artie, thank you for viewing and commenting. I wondered about the bright area of the background, decided to post with it to see what was said. Here is a edit and repost with the bright area banished.

[Arthur Morris]

Good job on losing the light area. Probably a lot better than I could do ...

am

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose with a delicate perch and a nice background, wish the sun was behind your neck....side light a bit harsh here

TFS

[Dorian Anderson]

This is a nice look at this species. Side lighting isn't for everyone, but you handled it fine here. Pose is great and the engaging look is really nice, but the perch doesn't add much.