Silver-Eared Mesia

[SC Fang]

Sharing a bird from Asia - Silver Eared Mesia.

Cheers,
SC

http://www.scfang.com/gallery/nature/Avian/NN0G6250_720.jpg
1D2 500mm 1.4xTC ISO400 f/5.6 1/60s

[Tony Whitehead]

Colours are great and stand out well against the dark BG. Prey is good - a slight head turn toward you would have been a little nicer. I would burn in the perch a bit to darken it - especially toward the right side. Great sharpness for 1/60s.

[Randy Stout]

SC:

Lovely bird. Tony gave you a good critique. There is a little noise in the background which you might want to clean up.

Randy

[John Chardine]

Lovely bird and great colour against a very nice BG. Always a huge bonus to have a food item. Agree with Tony and Randy's comments. I would add another soft round of sharpening to the eye area.

[Doug Brown]

I've never seen this beautiful species before. You did a great job with exposure and sharpness. The bug is a big plus. I agree about toning down the perch, and I might darken the pupil a little.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Perch feels a little too big for this little bird, but I love this image despite that, the pose, light, colores, sepcies, dark BG and detail are weasome, the worm is a big plus! Congratulations!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, I don't think I've seen an image of this species before. I like the eye contact and the food item adds to it. The perch is a bit large and I agree regarding NR on the BG. Keep them coming!

[Fabs Forns]

Big welcome, SC, lovely bird and the catch a big bounus. Will be looking forward to more birds I have never seen :)