Golden-crowned Kinglet

[Ryan Schain]

Repost, cropped a little bit from original image and ran NR on the background only. The ISO 800 on the Canon EOS 7D takes so well to NR.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4461114451_2aef99a555_o.jpg

Very small crop - Golden-crowned Kinglet from January

Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 L IS

1/400
f/6.3
400 mm
ISO 800
+2/3 EV

[Peter Coskun]

Very nice image Ryan. Awesome pose and great eye contact. The clean background lets the bird pop out. nicely done.

[Kurt Bowman]

Ryan, I like the head turn and detail in this very clean capture!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cute little fella! I like the pose and perfect HA for this backside view. Perch looks good and is of a good thickness for this small bird. I wouldn't mind seeing your subject closer to the upper right corner just to add a bit more interest to the comp, and I would boost the saturation to the image as the colours seem faded (or you could alternatively use the sponge tool, smallish brush, set at around 8%, on the yellow wingbars and crown, and then a larger brush on reddish part of BG)

[John Chardine]

Oustanding portrait Ryan. Positives have been mentioned and I agree. I agree with Daniel that a sat boost would work. Also, you could open up the eye a little with the dodge tool.