Ant eating Chat

[Stu Bowie]

This was taken a little while back in Sept in a small nature reserve close to my house. I liked the light and pose, and I was fairly close, as I was shooting from my car. BG is natural as shot.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/800
F/7.1
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held from the car.

[subramanya_ck]

Nice Bird, with saturated Colors. Love the Pose here

[Stephen Stephen]

Stuart I like the bird's pose and the light in this image. The BG is lovely as well.

[Katie Rupp]

Great detail and beautiful rich color.

[Gary Hamilton]

Very nicely done. I love the color-coordinated background, the details in the chat and the catchlight in its eye. Cheers.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Nice pose and details. I like the BG colors for this one. Well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

It's a peach of a shot, the colours are beautifully complimentary. I like the pose, in an ideal world I suppose a slightly higher angle would have been better, but we don't always live in an ideal world.:)

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the comments.

[Craig Brelsford]

Attractive, earth-tone bird, details sharp; complementary background; simple and uncluttered. In a perfect world you'd have jacked up your car a meter or two to get a straight-on angle. Also, I'm wondering about your crop. Your thinking here is that the bird's head guides the crop; the bird looks into the picture. But could one not use the breast of the bird as the guide for cropping? I.e., could you give us more room to the right?

[Stu Bowie]

Craig, thanks for your detailed critique. Although I can see where you are going by using the chest as a reference, I feel the angle of the head decides how the comp should be.