Corn Bunting

[Richard Unsworth]

Captured in Beseiros Do Cima, Central Portugal this June

These lively birds are to be heard singing from all over the Alentejo region and beyond and are very numerous.

I was pleased to get this one posing in an open position

hopoe you like him

1/1250 340mm on 100-400 f5.6 ISO 640 Ev +2/3

cropped , denoised bg and smart sharp

[Daniel Cadieux]

Composition, perch, and BG are all very nice. The bird is OK, but its' eye is in dire need of a catchlight or reflection to make it look "alive"

[Richard Unsworth]

Good suggestion Daniel agree does look dead

reposting with CL

[Karl Egressy]

Richard, the repost with the catchlight indicate that it was put in later as you just did.
I would first make a selection of the eye, put it on a separate layer and then would use linear dodge to see if there is any natural reflection.
If not, I would put a smaller, less obvious catchlight into the eye.
Other that that, the picture is very nice. Love the datails and pose.

[Richard Unsworth]

OK Karl I will give that a try

[christopher galeski]

nice image,great BG,like the perch and pose,agree the eye looks dead.thanks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I think the added catchlight looks in size, it just shouldn't be square. It does improve the look pf the subject alot!