A different look at my friendly neighborhood mockingbird

[Jack Breakfast]

Felicitations! Here is a mockingbird for your visual perusal. Will this appeal to you? I'll wait and see!
Taken with the Canon 7D and 200mm f2.8L at iso320, 1/1600, f3.5
Cropped to one of my favorite shapes! Of course I'll be delighted to hear your comments and ideas and suggestions, etc etc.
All the best,
J. Breakfast
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[Alan Murphy]

Nice wingstretch. The whites in the tail are a bit lost due to the white sky. Bird and perch could be brighter. A tighter horizontal crop would lessen the amount of negitive white space.

[Ron Sprunger]

Jack, I don't think I can buy the square on this one. Maybe could stand knocking down the highlights a bit, and selectively bringing up some contrast on the bird and perch. I envy you the Mockingbirds -- I just get a quick shot at them now and then when I visit the grandkids in Arizona, but I especially miss their rather spectacular musical repertoire.

[Jack Breakfast]

Thanks folks...for me, it's the white on white of the tailfeathers and sky that make the shot. I'm quite fond of this shot as-is, but your critiques certainly seem logical and make sense to me. Something to think about, that's for sure...

[Jack Breakfast]

Hello again. I've made a few changes to the image and would love your opinions! I didn't touch the white tailfeathers b/c I very much like the white-on-white but I did brighten some of the bird and slightly sharpened the head and changed the crop significantly. i'll welcome your comments!
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[Ron Sprunger]

Looking at a crappy monitor at work, so can't comment much on the image (except that it looks sharp to me), but I do like the crop better. Still could use some off the top, IMO, maybe 1/3 the distance from top to bird, or a bit more.

[jack williamson]

Repost looks better Jack, nice and sharp.

Jack

[Jack Breakfast]

Thanks Ron and Jack...