Grey Fantail

[PhilCook]

Common around my area, and much of Australia. A very active bird that rarely sits still for more than a nano second, always twitching and jumping from branch to branch, but approachable quite often...thank God for burst mode on cameras

Canon 7D + 500 f4....f5, 1/400, ISO500, -0.3EV, pattern metering, no flash

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Lovely bird , and I do like the perch , Phil . Would wish for some more space in the direction it is looking ....looks a bit too centered . While I see the eye perfectly sharp , I find the head slightly soft !!!

[Peter Scholer]

Lovely position and HA Phil. I suppose you used shall DOF to blur the background. Importantly the eye and near areas are sharp. Good capture. You are right about the burst mode.

[christopher galeski]

nice image Phil,like the perch,nice detail,would like a bit more on the left.thanks.

[Rachel Hollander]

Phil - I like the pose and perch too but do wish for a bit more dof.

TFS,
Rachel

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cute bird, and nice perch (setup?). Sharp where it needs to be. There is much more room in front of the bill than behind the tail - comp looks good to me. I'd tone down the brighter green area touching the head and throat, and I would have preferred a slightly better head angle (turned more towards us). All in all a sweet image.