Perched Pyrrhuloxia

[Jeff Dyck]

Another image from my road trip to Arizona last month - a perched Pyrrhuloxia. I just love that crest...

Canon 5DII -- Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS -- f7.1 @ 1/1600s -- ISO400 -- Fill Flash @ -2 1/3 -- Manual exposure

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[John Chardine]

These are outstanding birds and you have really captured this one nicely Jeff. The image is sharp with a great BG. Love the crest too! I'm thinking that the bird is a little too centred and needs to be over to the right a little. Maybe some off the right would work?

[Sid Garige]

Very nice image Jeff. Very nice comp.

[Arthur Morris]

Nicely done. Just enough d-o-f to get the tail sharp while taming the BKGR. The raised crest is lovely and the head angle is perfect. It is amazing how far to the right of the bird its shadow is.

[Tom Redd]

Jeff, beautiful image. Good focus and detail. Good smooth BG

[arash_hazeghi]

beautiful pose, BG and a nice perch. love this!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great IQ, pose and BG... Great image Jeff

[Stu Bowie]

Good choice of comp for the pose Jeff, and I like the detail, colours and sharpness. Good use of flash too.

[Arno Ellmer]

Well done ,Jeff ,all round . Agree with crop from right.
Never seen one of these before .The crest is beautiful . TFS

[yogesh_puranik]

excellent bird and its crest..nice HA sharp and lovely perch