Real fine image Jim. Love the comp and perch as well as the great color. Nice clean BG which I feel might be just a bit too bright. Might darken the corners to hold the eye on the bird.
Hi Jim,
You are doing some lovely set ups.
Great perch and composition. Lovely pose and IQ.
I prefer the OP colors.
If you had the chance to do it over again I would double the ISO to get higher F stop and more DOF for the tail but it is easy for me to be an "armchair " critic and not the actual photographer!!Everything always happens so fast in the field.
Gail
Hi Jim, very well exposed on difficult colours, and I like the interesting perch. Well placed in the frame, and you have a great BG there. I prefer your repost.
Not sure exactly what the color of this species is meant to be so cant comment on the color, but it does look nicely composed on the grass stem, although I would take a little more from the bottom. I think your choice of ISO wass good, anymore with a 40 D and it would probably become noisier. I dont find the dof to shallow, maybe a little, but doesn't affect IQ at all I feel.