Painted bunting (young male)

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Canon 1D4, 500mm, 1.4x II
1/640, f8, iso 800, Flash e-ttl -2 2/3, warm evening light.
C & C appreciated.

[arash_hazeghi]

great calling pose Sidharth, nice and sharp. Not sure about the OOF branch in the upper left corner.

[Ofer Levy]

Nice pose and BG. I wish the twig with the leaves was attached to the perch but getting rid of it will further weaken the image IMHO.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I would personally get rid of the branch in ULC, and perhaps the shadow on the tail too. The pose, perch, BG all look great. I also like the vertical comp. Very nice.

[Doug Brown]

Another vote for what Daniel said. Very nice singing pose, and the light is sweet.

[yogesh_puranik]

amazing calling pose details and nice bg..i would also agree with danie;l

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thanks all for the feedback. It's been instructive.
I do have some in the same pose without the oof branch, but they looked too clean and boring to me. I will process on of those.
Thanks again!

[Mack Hicks]

Agree with the above. I like the leafed branch, gives dimension to me. I think the smaller branch of the perch is distracting, but looks like it would be very hard to eliminate. Was this taken locally?

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thanks Mack. Yes, this was taken locally. This was my first year to see and photography PBs in Austin; although the location they were nesting is now gone thanks to new construction.
Although, it's funny how this works - after you find the first one, you start finding the others of the species a lot more easily. Awaiting their return next year.