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    Hello everyone. Well this year I had horrible luck trying to get a good shot of these birds. This following pic is the only decent shot I have of this bird from this year. I was waiting for a cotton tail rabbit to sprint across the road when this kingbird landed for a couple of seconds on a nearby perch.
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    nice portrait, good HA and details I would clean up the perch a bit
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    Hi Robert,
    I like the lookback pose and vertical composition.
    The image needs a bit of punch-I would selectively add a bit of black to the neutrals in selective coloring.
    I am not loving the perch but appreciate your pleasure at getting a shot of this bird!
    I would get rid of green OOF grass above birds head and neck,
    Gail

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    Robert:

    Congrats on the capture. Good input from above. I also might try to tone down the green/yellow seed pod. The dried one is much less distracting.

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    The Kingbird has been captured perfectly here Robert and that to me tends to overshadow other minor faults. Well done on the shot considering te extremely short time you had to make it.

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    Robert, Good for you for reacting quickly to an opportunity and coming away with a nice image. Many times, I mess up when changing gears. I'm not sure if you've cropped this much and what other elements are in the frame, but I could see a bit looser composition, and I think a slight boost in contrast would enhance the bird (especially his head) more.

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    Nice capture! I like the vertical orientation and the look-back head angle. I would consider cloning out some of the branches that intersect the bird. I would by no means clone every branch out, but those are a bit distracting

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    I think this is a fine portrait of this Kingbird, Robert. I really like the pose and look back. Adding some blacks to the neutrals as Gail says sounds like a good idea.

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    Cool shot Robert. I enjoy the perch and love the pose. I would like the perch even more if you had been a bit further back, yielding a slightly
    modified shooting angle and providing more dof for the perch, but regardless, I still think it's visually interesting. This looks like a young bird
    too, can still see a bit of the yellow gape. Your instincts yielded a great image here.

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    Great pose and soft light. I agree about cleaning up the perch but where would you even start? Might be best left alone IMO not sure

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    Nice close up look Robert, a nice view of this species.
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