Siberian Stonechat - Female

Made with a Canon 450D + Sigma 150-500. Beanbag on car window.
F6.3 | ISO 200 | SS 1/800 @ 500mm. Av Mode | Eval
Levels | Crop | USM.

Comments & critiques most welcome.

Girish:

Lovely soft light, complimentary colors, sharp, well exposed.

I could see a bit of cropping to show the bird off a bit better. I would consider starting with a crop from the right to just the right of the fork in the main branch, and then a balancing crop from top and left. I would clean up the few tiny leaves left in the lower right corner. I am away from my editing computer, so can't do it, but thought the idea on the crop came through.

Well captured.

Cheers

Randy

Beautiful soft light, detail, and BG color. This is a small nitpick, but I see some halo below her beak and the lower edges of the branch. Extremely well done Girish.

The original looks very nice but my immediate reaction was: I should suggest Girish to move the bird up in the frame.
Then I saw the version of Randy's. I think that cut addresses it all.
A very pleasing image, Girish.

Here is another possibility for you to consider. I like the shape of the cascading branch as it falls off into the lower left corner. (Of course you'd need a bit of cleanup lower right corner.) The poo on the nice green leaves is not too appealing. The background is lovely as is your bird.

Beautiful shot, lovely perch and BG, sharp. Grace's crop nailed it for me, showing the nice cascading perch and the bird at the same time. Loi

Thanks everybody for your feedback. Will revisit the comp based on the suggestions.

Pretty nice perch here with the greenery really adding some nice colours. Too bad there is so much whitewash on it though. Sharp and nicely exposed / processed. My first thought was to crop alternately, so the reposts address that.

Hi Girish, I like the overall light in this, and you nailed the DOF to have everything in sharp focus. Good comp suggestions from above, and I too like the perch stretching across the frame.