Dusky Woodswallow

[Rob Drummond]

This was one of a pair that were inspecting prospective nest sites, one of which was below this perch.

1D2n 500/f4 1.4X

ISO 400 f10 1/800

cheers
Rob

[Kiran Poonacha]

Such a pretty one, loved the pose, bg and light here, congrats..

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful image Rob, lovely species, nice compo & BG ,
Nice perch , details & lighting
TFS

[Dave Barnes]

Fluff ball. Good feather detail, head angle and pose. I like the BG colour.
I find the comp a tad central?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Man, this guy looks so soft - the head so fluffy :-). The harsh light was dealt with best you could, but still rendered the lower part of the bird in dark shadow. I would darken the perch some (especially lower half), and crop at left as the comp is pretty centered - this would also rid the distracting dark spot in ULC. Good looking BG, and I like the sprinkling of lichens on the perch.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I would have left more room to the right and locate the bird higher in the frame too. Fill flash would have helped IMO.
Nice detail, BG, diagonal perch and sharpness.
Congratulaitons!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nice, love the bird, the lichens are great, nice HA, BG...

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Daniel nailed comp. Otherwise I like everything about this. I should have several nesting pairs close to home now. Must go and check.