Rufous Whistler

[Greg Oakley]

This is the plainer female of one of our great songbirds.
D800, 300 2.8VR, 1.7TC, tripod, f7.1, 1/500, ISO720.
Thanks, Greg

[christopher galeski]

nice image,bird sharp with good details,BG color goes with the bird.thanks

[gail bisson]

Beautiful IQ and singing pose.
Great BG as well that compliments the bird well.
I might be tempted to get rid of the foliage that intersects with the tail and smooth out the lines created by an OOF branch behind the birds back ,but still fine as is,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful singing pose, great detail and texture.
The bird well positioned in the frame and the background is nice.
The slightly OOF foliage adds dimension to the composition,
however, I would clone out the portion of it touching the tail.
Great work, Greg.

[Nick Palmieri]

great pose, IQ looks good. Nice perch and BG. I think if it were mine I would remove the OOF intersecting branches.

[Randy Stout]

Greg:

Very nice singing pose, sharp, well exposed, nice environmental component. I appreciate the thoughts about removing the twig behind the tail, its location and OOF nature doesn't really bother me, but certainly I can see a version without it. Agree with Karl about a nice sense of depth in the image.

Cheers

Randy

[Shawn Zierman]

Sweet.
The flow of the image is perfect, from the projected song to the greenery behind the bird....nice harmony of elements.
The singing pose is excellent.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely pose, and I love how the greenery balances the comp. The bg complement nicely, and as Shawn said, this image has a nice flow to it.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Greg, I like how the girl is singing against the cleaner BG, and the colours on her look good. Did I mention how the BG colours compliment her nicely.

[John Cooper]

Beautifully captured Greg - good IQ and I love the singing pose of the Whistler. Complimentry BG works so well . Was she responding to a play-back?

[Marina Scarr]

Fine image. Great calling pose and the vegetation and BG work very nicely with your subject.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like the perch and the calling pose. Nice soft bg too

[David Salem]

Nice calling pose and well exposed. Lots of detail and nice BG. Well done.