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Stu Bowie
07-19-2009, 08:57 AM
This was taken in my garden. I have set a little feeder set up, and hopefully over time, I will capture some garden birds. This guy doesnt keep still, and is a very busy mover. The BG is my garden bed.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @ 400mm
1/1000
F/5.6
ISO 200

Exp comp 0
Hand Held.
Ramon M. Casares
07-19-2009, 11:02 AM
Nice species, nice BG and pose, I would suggest brightening the dark areas in the BG and even a little crop from BG and a TAD from left will improve comp IMO.
Congratulations, nice light, colors and detail, perch is not my favorite to be honest.
Axel Hildebrandt
07-19-2009, 11:08 AM
I like the angle, sharpness and open beak and find the perch a bit overpowering and if it were mine might remove the dark areas in the upper right.
Gerrie van Vuuren
07-19-2009, 11:24 AM
Like the light, pose, eye contact & open mouth. Ditto Ramon on perch & dark areas in BG.
Stu Bowie
07-19-2009, 12:05 PM
Thanks for the feedback guys. Here is my repost. I have cleaned up the top half of the bg, but decided to leave the comp. Not much I can do about the perch, as it is a bird bath.
Mark Dumbleton
07-19-2009, 12:21 PM
Repost looks better Stu. I like the comp and perch doesnt bother me. Super HA and love the open beak.
Well done. Yip they really dont keep still for long.
Kobus Tollig
07-19-2009, 12:35 PM
Ditto Mark well done on this one
Kiran Poonacha
07-19-2009, 12:48 PM
good one Stuart...Beautiful light here, the singing pose looks good... the repost Looks better...
Juan Aragonés
07-19-2009, 02:20 PM
Beautifull species. The eye is fantastic and I like the pose a lot. Th ebird is a bit centered to my taste and I prefer the original post instead of the fact that it is a bit distracting :-)
Chris Kotze
07-19-2009, 02:47 PM
Super pose, detail and lovely colours. I like open beak
Dave Barnes
07-20-2009, 12:34 AM
You sleep in your garden?
I prefer the repost Stu. All has been said other than it could be improved having the full tail visible. Still like it though.
Ryan Lambert
07-20-2009, 04:31 AM
Super subject captured her Stu, the repost works very well...congrats
Ákos Lumnitzer
07-21-2009, 01:17 AM
Bro, change that perch NOW! :D That does no justice to the beautiful singer here. I love almost everything about it but the perch. Brutal, I know. Good repost, while I know the little fluff behind the wing is part of it, it really competes for my attention.

I cannot wait to see more images from your garden Stu. Some rippers to come for sure. :) Thanks for sharing.