Raven

[Joe Murphy]

Canon 7D
Canon 400mm 5.6
f/7.1, (1/1600)
ISO 400
WB - Auto
Manual Exposure
Hand Held.

[Don Lacy]

Nice HA and wonderful feather detail along the back and wings, if this were mine i would have cropped this as a vertical to eliminate as much of the branches as possible as presented I feel they compete with the subject for the viewers attention

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joe, excellent exposure on this fellow, the iridescence has shown up very well. Love the hint of clouds in the BG too. A good point from Don to go vertical.

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful sharpness and detail. Although the perch is very interesting and different, I'd also crop from the left, to more of a square. Doubt you could get a vertical out of it.

The bird is facing left but not moving that way, so it's a static portrait and no huge need to leave room to move into. But you certainly wouldn't want to crowd the beak to the left edge by trying to force a vertical format.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I am going to be the odd man out here...I actually like the perch and your composition. I think it has a lot of character and adds to the shot. Good call on the f-stop. You nailed the head position. Loved the dark velvety blacks.

[Marina Scarr]

I am with KD. I like the perch and the horizontal presentation works for me. You have awesome details in your blacks and I think you did well with the angle you were dealing with.

[PhilCook]

Very nicely exposed, impressive detail showing through and I rather like the perch as I find it interesting but not really overpowering the bird itself. Love the catch light glint in the eye and sheen on the plumage