Pyrrhuloxia

[Doug Brown]

I photographed this bird at Bill Forbes' pond at Elephant Head. He was an infrequent visitor, so I was pleased to get a decent frame of him!



Canon 5D Mark III, 600mm (the old one) + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO 400, manual exposure, tripod, blind

[Sachin Saraf]

Doug this is more than decent..Love the way perch is coming out from LRC and raised crest... beautiful pose and sharpness..

P.S. : I never mentioned it earlier but Your guide to setup 7D really helped me Doug, Thanks.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a KILLER image, Doug, and would make a great cover.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, love the pose with the body leaning forward, and the tail near vertical. I really like the colours on this species, and you have nailed the DOF and sharpness. Sweet BG, and Im amazed how birds manage to land on these thorny perches without stabbing themselves.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent pose and details, Doug.

[Andrew Merwin]

A lovely image with a great BG & HA. I like the prickly perch & how it dissects the frame.

[Chris Kotze]

Beautiful bird and colours,a super pose and feather detail.

[Lorant Voros]

Looks like your are enjoying your new rig very much. :-) The pose could not be better; you diffidently have a winner here.

[Karl Egressy]

Striking image, Doug .
I really like the rich colours of the bird, the looking back pose and the diagonal perch as well as the nice background.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome perch, bird, comp, techs.

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose perch and sharp details. must be fun doing setups.

[rajojomanik]

For sure a killer image... it has everything, great perch, eye contact, supre IQ and background.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Incredibly well done portrait. the thorny perch takes it a notch up. great look back pose, details and BG. killer sharp.

[PhilCook]

Perfect !...and I too like the thorny branch

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Killer image, Doug. Amazing IQ, light, perch, bg and pose. This image has it all!

[christopher galeski]

very nice image,great BG,perch,light,like the pose,perfect detail.well done.

[Rachel Hollander]

Like the thorny perch. Excellent IQ, pose and colors. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

[Robert Holguin]

Teriffic shot. Excellent pose, really like the perch, wonderful background, and great comp.
Well done.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone!