Phainopepla

[Karl Egressy]

I haven't seen this bird posted for a while. This is from my NM trip, taken not far from Busque, where you can find it as well.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1d Mark IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS +1.4 III
Manual Exposure
F 8.0
1640 s
ISO 400
Fill Flash

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Great eye, like the crest and chin up pose. I agree with Peter that it is a bit bright for my taste.

Good choice using a little fill under these lighting conditions to try and get a little light into the shaded areas.

Cheers

Randy

[gail bisson]

I really like the BG and the perch.
Love that red eye and the crest is nice as well.
The light was pretty harsh here and you lost the detail in the blacks of the belly and tail.
I would reduce the overall brightness a bit in the BG and burn the perch,
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful image of beautiful bird.Very nice pose with great HA,lovely red eye and crest.
I like the perch,two toned BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[PhilCook]

Lovely posture and perch, love that red eye and crest and very nice two tone backdrop...yes to be a little too bright imo

[Karl Egressy]

I really like the BG and the perch.
Love that red eye and the crest is nice as well.
The light was pretty harsh here and you lost the detail in the blacks of the belly and tail.
I would reduce the overall brightness a bit in the BG and burn the perch,
Gail

Thank you Gail, Thank you all. ere is an omproved version.
did what I could, linear burning, linear dodge and darkening the whole image with the exception of the bird.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, love the blues, and red eye on this fellow, and against a cool two tone BG. If this were mine, I would remove the 'loose' branch in front of the main perch.

[supreet.sahoo]

I like repost Karl, this is a fine looking bird and you have managed a nice shot! Thanks.

[gail bisson]

Repost looks much better!
Gail