Eastern Phoebe, and Happy Thanksgiving

After posting a lot of flight shots recently, I thought for a change this calm Eastern Phoebe, enjoying the late afternoon sun, would be a nice way to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone is enjoying lots of good turkey, or football games, or whatever else one may be doing around the world on this day.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 1250, 1/2500s @ f/7.1 manual, gitzo and mongoose. Set for flight, hoping he might take off after a bug, but he seemed quite tranquil just sitting in the sun.

Yes, Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! For us it's just a good'ol regular Thursday, but with some NFL football to watch:S3:. I like the image - fantastic background. The calm pose is nice. Looks like you had some nice light, but I'd still be tempted to tone down the highlights as they seem a touch bright. It also would have ben good to point the camera an inch or so more to the right. All in all quite beautiful.

Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Bill. Nice image, beautiful background.

I agree about the high lights but a lovely pleasant image Bill
Have a good one.
John

I like the pose, BG, sharpness, light and algae/lichens on the perch add interest. Well done Bill.

Hi Bill, as good an angled pose you will get. I like the light in this, detail on the little guy, and I also like the colours to your BG. Yes to taking a bit off the LHS.

Thank you all.