Wire tailed Swallow

Canon 1 D MARK II N
100-400 IS L F 5.6
SHUTTER SPEED 1/160
APERTURE F/5.6
ISO 500

All C&C welcome.

Colorful bird and I like the orange around the face -- looks oversaturated on my monitor and the background detracts my attenton from the bird -- especially the white flowers in LLC and the bright green just above the mid body and tail

Ram:
Good points by Scott. The white spots might just be areas of light coming through the foliage, but they are distracting. The shooting angle is a bit steep, and the perch with the wire wrap justin front of the face does distract a bit.
The bird is well exposed with a good head angle however. I would keep working this fellow if you can, hoping for a better shooting setup.

Cheers

Randy

I think Randy and Scott nailed the critique here. A little time spent with this bird will probably reward you with a better perch that is closer to eye level.