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    Male Maghreb Wheatear near Ouarzazate, Morocco. A typical stony desert species.

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    Beautiful landing pose, well exposed and composed. I love the wing spread, perch and desert bg. I might wish to see the eyes a little better, but if I were landing in that prickly stuff I'd be looking down too.

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    I would like to see more of the eyes but this is a great landing shot. Nice BG.

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    I really like the full out incoming pose as well as prickly perch and lovely bg. Agree that the eyes would add to an already lovely photo.

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    Great landing pose.

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    Very nice pose with the exception of the lack of eye contact. Cool perch and a nice BG make for an overall solid image.
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    Excellent landing pose against nice background.

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    I like the image and am not very much concerned with the lack of eye contact or even a good view of the eyes. As per the comment on the thorns by Bill Dix :). Nice underwing detail in spite of the seemingly harsh light. Nice BKGR too.
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    Lovely landing pose with a great extension on the wings. Good exposure and nice smooth BG. For me the bird looking down is normal for this landing pose.
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    Thank you all. Bill, on your comment; landing on those needs concentration!

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    Excellent landing pose & feather details Ignacio. Lovely BG. It's very similar to our Mourning Wheater we can see in the south of IRAN. Thanks for sharing

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    Wow, stunning capture. The timing was just right as I really like the outstretched wings. Also love the angle of the head with respect to the wings.

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    Beautiful Landing Shot,Ignacio

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    Quote Originally Posted by MohsenVahedipour View Post
    It's very similar to our Mourning Wheater we can see in the south of IRAN. Thanks for sharing
    Thanks Mohsen; actually, this species was recently split from the widespread Mourning Wheatear, mostly on the basis that the female is totally different.

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    Awesome image! The composition looks perfect to me. A thing not mentioned....
    I think the bird's beautiful contrasting black and white head pattern, make the
    "no eye contact" thing work much better here, than say if the bird's head was a
    more uniform color...

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    A lovely bird and landing pose, I don't bother with eye contact in this one since it makes sense to me that the bird is focused on the perch. Nice BG and IQ.

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    Great landing pose with really nice wing detail. I do wish for just a twinkle of eye but the great pose makes up for it for me

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