Say's Phoebe

[Robert Holguin]

Hello everyone. Here is a shot of this wonderful bird. FF.
Audio used.
C&C welcomed and encouraged.
Nikon 300s l Nikon 300 F4 w/1.7tc l 1/800 l F10 l ISO 320 l Multi Segment l Manual l On beanbag out of car window.

[PhilCook]

Sweet shot with the tail spread and nice smooth backdrop...cars make great bird hides eh

[Karl Egressy]

Great picture, Robert. I like the way it perches, showing the fanned tail, legs and having nice eye contact with us.
The background is compimenting the colours of the bird.
It is a beautiful bird. I tried to get a shot of it in New mexico, but did not work out.

[laurie golden]

Great pose and composition on this bird.

[Randy Stout]

Robert

Nice pose, tail spread, BG, exposure and sharpness.

I might try a version with the curve pulled down just a bit, it is a bit bright to my eye. You could also consider burning in the perch just a sliver.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

i agree with Randy, a tad lower exposure would look nice.
Very nice species to get a good photo of and I like the worn perch.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Robert, love the soft light in this, and I do like the pose with the fanned tail. The plumage shows detail and I like the varied colours on him. Another vote for toning down the perch.

[Jeff Dyck]

Great image Robert. Love the pose and the complimentary colours of the bird and background. I am going to disagree with Randy and Dan on pulling the exposure down - I think the bird looks good. I do agree with Randy on burning in the perch a little bit though.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all very much for all the comments. I had toned down the perch some, but I guess it needed a tad more.
Here is repost with perch toned down some more. Let me know how this one looks.
Thanks again.

[christopher galeski]

nice one ,like the BG,perch,nice pose,agree on toning the perch and bird,a tad.thanks.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet pose details light and a nice BG. Not the best perch but it ain't bad either!

[Wynand van Wyk]

Perch looks a lot better now. I like the pose and background! Colours are spot on.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, fanned tail, eye contact and BG. Repost looks great. Excellent image Robert!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet pose with that fanned tail, lovely light and gorgeous bg. Details are superb.
I didn't know these guys responded to audio.
I photographed one in summer last year which made a rare bird alert - definitely not common in Austin.
Are they common in El Paso?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love it! Looks like a lady in a long skirt :-) I like the tans and browns colour motif here. Nice comp, and the repost works nicely with the darkened perch.

[Tom Redd]

Robert, well done with the FF capture, good detail and composition. I like the repost.