Theme - Dark-eyed Junco

[Allen Sparks]

Canon 7D, 400mm DO, 1.4x TC
ISO 400, 1/320s, f10

Background is snow on a bush. From my backyard set up.

[dankearl]

This has a nice backlit quality to it, Allen.
Very nice use of aperture at f10. Sharp throughout.
The subtle BG color suits Junco's.
I would maybe tone down the highlights on the underside of the tail feathers.

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet on all counts. SH and EXP excellent. Undertail looks fine to me. Slight crop left and bottom. Sharpened and lightened face. Killer BKGR.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice, simple portrait with a good looking subject and BG. I like the touch of lightening on the face in the RP.

[Carmelo Cannova]

Sweet shoot and pleasing BG.

Carmelo

[Dave Leroy]

Definitely fits the theme. Very well done on choice of perches and bg. Pose is engaging. I might continue with the additional sharpening by Artie to draw out more detail on the side.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch and BG. Arthurs repost is an improvement. Well done Allen!

[Robert Rommel]

Lovely image and great background, pose, and perch! I agree that face lightening and sharpening improves an already great image.