Pied bushchat female

Got this bird real close form the car

Shutter speed 1/1250
Aperture F/4
ISO 400
canon
Camera body 1D Mark II N
Hand held

C&C welcome

Ram, which lens? IQ is very good here. I am liking the perch a lot too...and the pose. The crop is interesting...but a tad more space below might make it better IMO.

superb image. quality is spot on so the expo. how ever i would compose bird a bit higher on the frame as there is extra room on top. and i would clone oof stem and brown patch on right bottom corner.

Yes I would echo the comments from Mital.

Interesting image, I like the overall concept. Good diagonal on the perch. Had the bird turned its head slightly more towards us and pointed its bill upwards more that would have been perfect for its current placement in the frame. I agree with eliminating the two OOF patches in LRC, and may consider cropping to below (or cloning out) the small extra twig in ULC.

Ram, I echo Mital's comments also . . .

I like the placement in the frame. I agree it's low, but I counter with the balance by the seed head at the top of the frame. I'm afraid that adding space at the bottom, while traditional, would decrease the dynamic play between the bird and its perch. I echo excellent IQ, BG, etc. In a perfect world, HA would be better but we've all been there. Nice image.

How about this image hope i have taken all the tips above . I did not want to move the bird on the space above as i do not intent to disturb the diagonal perch . Hope you all like it

Agree with all the comments re exposure and detail which are excellent. The composition is tricky and I like what you have done re the diagonal - a little bit more off the top would work for me.

Yes I like the re-post but Ithink the bird is a little too low in the frame, perhaps add another cm of canvas at the bottom.