Bluethroat [Luscinia svecica]

[Frank Schauf]

On the seating room in the evening light.

1DMIV, EF500 & EX 2.0II, 1/2000 sec, f/9.0, ISO 640

109470

[Lynn David Cole]

Great capture!
Perfect pose. Would it be possible to make the background a bit darker with more color in post processing?
Thanks for posting.

[Ron Sprunger]

I couldn't be more impressed. It's a lovely bird, great perch and BG, HA, comp, focus, and soft light. Great shot.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Fantastic light, details, comp and perch.
A little less head turn would've been great although I'd take this in a heart beat.
Excellent!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Frank, good look-back pose, and I like the colours on this fellow, especially the blue of the throat. Im fine with the lighter BG, it shows off the soft afternoon light. I just wish he had turned his head a little more towards you, and I would bring down the contrast on the bird a touch.

[arash_hazeghi]

great light and pose Frank, nice details. A very slight head tturn towards us would have made it even better

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. I really like the background, great pose, detail is excellent, and very nice light.
Well done.

[Carmelo Cannova]

Great pose and I love the light.

Carmelo

[Daniel Cadieux]

Everything looks great here, except that this beautiful little fella turned its head a bit too much. Super background, and love the irridesence of the blue feathers.

[jack williamson]

Great looking little bird, nice light, neat perch, awesome BG.

Jack

[Mark Itol]

Nice light, colors, background, and details. Head angle already mentioned by the others. Such a cool-looking bird.

[Arno Ellmer]

Great shot and beautiful pose ,Frank ! Slightly darkened bg would make image even better. Beautiful little bird.