Buff-streaked Chat

[Dave Barnes]

Another portrait from Giants castle.

Camera Model Name Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/1000
Av (Aperture Value) 6.3
ISO Speed 640

[Roy Priest]

Dave, nice and sharp, great feather detail and I like the way the colour of the bird compliments the rock and the background. Great capture IMHO.

[Stu Bowie]

A species I havent seen before Dave. Excellent exposure, and this is really sharp. Apart from the vultures, GC was kind to you with the smaller guys too.

[Daniel Belasco]

Bird on a rock!
Very Cute image.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful shot , bang on exposure , nice looks and great details
TFS

[Rob Drummond]

Great shot Dave, stunning detail and perfect colour match between bird and background

cheers
Rob

[David Fletcher]

Super pose Dave and killer bg. Well done for getting and looking for other critters from GC.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one Dave, loved the pose, details, HA and BG, I would suggest you tone down the perch a bit.. loved the image.. Congrats..

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose and stunning bg!

[Dean Ingwersen]

Gorgeous Dave - great exposure, sharpness, subject, DOF and head position. Would love this to be mine!

cheers, Dean

[Daniel Cadieux]

Overall very nice! I agree with toning down the perch, and I would crop from bottom just enough to hide the slim extention of the perch at right as I don't feel it adds to the image. Love the pose, and the clean and slightly mottled BG.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Sharp with great detail, colours, eye contact & BG. Great image Dave!

[Isak Pretorius]

Lovely photograph Dave! This guy is such a nice poser! Everything perfect in this photograph. I like the soft colours in the BG especially!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Perch is a bit bright for me too, otherwise a superb image with lots of detail and a perfect HA. Thanks mate. :)

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments/suggestions. Daniel I agree with cropping the perch.
The persh is a light coloured sandstone but I suppose the colour could be changed.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Great looking bird. Thanks for sharing. If anything, I would tone down the perch.

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks Juan, appreciated.