The colors, pose, vertical Composition everything works. The catchlight and the perch are also perfect.
Wish I could see it larger.
If it were mine, the only things I would change is the lower longer twig , I would remove it and the little wider crop (My opinion). The bird seems crammed for space near the tail, I agree its a difficult composition. BUt its just too close to the tail tip for me.
A truly gorgeous species. Nice perch too. Yes, tough to compose but you've done admirably. I see some merit to Amol's suggestions above, but it's a beautiful image as posted. A bird I'd love to see some day.
The lovely moss on the twig nicely offsets the "weight" of the bird, and the color adds as well.
I don't mind the lower twig, as it adds something in the lower part of the image, but it could go either way, removed or not.
The bird feels like it's leaning a bit backwards, although it may not actually be. If you have any extra room from a crop, maybe a slight CCW rotation is something to look at.
arrrrrrrrgh !!!....impossibly beautiful bird Glenn and this image has dome great justice to it, the perfect pose and comp for this kind of bird..........in all honesty I can't see anything worth changing...well done indeed.
Wow, Glenn! Another stunner here! I think you did well with the composition, I wouldn't change a thing about it. Catchlight and shimmering plumage are amazing.
Long-tailed Sylph (Ecuador)
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