gambel's quail portrait

[Sid Garige]

Just got back from Arizona trip. Spent 4 days at Bill Forbes pond at elephant head.
A fantastic place to photograph many bird species and Bill is a wonderful host. If you are interested you can email me for more info about Bill's pond.

Canon 7D 400mm
F6.3 1/2000
580EX @-1/2
http://luminepixels.com/tmp/arz-033.jpg

[Paul Kusmin]

Great perch, colours and BG, nice detail in the bird, my only wish would be for a more upright posture.

Thanks for the info regarding pond, i'm going to have to check it out one of these days.

[Ofer Levy]

Great image!! Maybe just toning down the perch as it is pretty dominant.

[Myer Bornstein]

nice capture of the quail and thanks for the info re the pond

[Justin Reznick]

I agree with everything stated and would definitely crop a bit off the bottom to make the perch less dominate. Awesome work!

[Bob Pelkey]

I'd be inclined to brighten the image and then darken the highlights. Sweet shot.

[Sid Garige]

Great perch, colours and BG, nice detail in the bird, my only wish would be for a more upright posture.

Thanks for the info regarding pond, i'm going to have to check it out one of these days.
Paul,

I got around 300 portrait images of Quail and I am sure you will see one in upright posture.
:)

[Sid Garige]

Great image!! Maybe just toning down the perch as it is pretty dominant.

Ofer,

I am thinking of cropping a little like Justin suggested.
Not sure if toning down will work or not.

[Sid Garige]

I agree with everything stated and would definitely crop a bit off the bottom to make the perch less dominate. Awesome work!
Justin,

How do you like this repost?

[Sid Garige]

I'd be inclined to brighten the image and then darken the highlights. Sweet shot.

Bob,

Are you on a calibrated monitor?

Thanks
Sid

[Fabs Forns]

Sid, very nicely done, I'd be interested in knowing about that trip :)

[DanWalters]

Great color and I like the position of the bird on the tree.

[Adrian David]

Beautiful bird.The repost works better for me.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful Sid. This must be a great place to shoot. I was in Tucson for a couple of years and have some birding experience in that region.

Perfect head turn and background. I dont mind the dominant perch in the OP much.

[Doug Brown]

Hi Sid. I like the crop in the repost. I think the bird's pose works well with the perch. I'm hoping to make it to the pond sometime this year; it'll be my first visit.

[Markus Jais]

Hi Sid, I like the repost even better. A fantastic shot with great light, colors, sharpness and HA.

Markus

[Sid Garige]

Hi Sid. I like the crop in the repost. I think the bird's pose works well with the perch. I'm hoping to make it to the pond sometime this year; it'll be my first visit.

Doug,
A must visit for every bird photographer.

-Sid

[niranjan sant]

lovely light and superb bird with his head gear