Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Image taken from my car window, mealworms used for bait.
Model Name : E-M1X
Lens focal length : 300 mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 601.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 1600
Exposure compensation : +0.3 EV
Shutter : 1/4000 sec
Aperture : F8

ACR/TopazDNAI/PSCC

[Andreas Liedmann]

Funny pose , Jon .
Super clean BG and I do love the color variations ....

Just for my personal interest , which edits have you made in PS ??? As sharp and unsharp is lying very close together in the twigs ???!!

TFS Andreas

[Jonathan Ashton]

Funny pose , Jon .
Super clean BG and I do love the color variations ....

Just for my personal interest , which edits have you made in PS ??? As sharp and unsharp is lying very close together in the twigs ???!!

TFS Andreas

Andreas I am not aware of any unsharp mask at all? I don't use initial raw sharpening at all, I denoise and sharpen minimally with Topaz and then I use a customised action for the final jpeg..... looks like you are pixel peeping!!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Sorry Jon ... super image .

[William Dickson]

Very nice Jon...I like the comp here...Perch and BG look good...Nice detail on the bird with a lovely pose .

Will

[David Roach]

Ditto what William said. Really love that marbled BG. TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice image, Jon. Bird, perch and background all work well together. The bird reminds me of the robin here. Thank you for sharing.