Say's Phoebe

[David Salem]

I posted the wings up version of this of this sequence a few months ago. Had fun setting up on this Phoebe as it went back and forth from a steel post to hunt flying insects. Hope you like it.

1DMKIV---700mm---f5.6---ss1/3200---ISO400---HH with Car as blind@ 8:15am---25% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. Appreciated.

David

[PhilCook]

Such lovley wings and head turn is very nice, liking also the earthy color tones all through the image.

Please try to apply a bit more sharpen to the head region, it is the only thing that needs improving I think, the tail looks a bit sharper than the head as is

[David Salem]

I forgot to add sharpening for the web, again. Did this help?

[christopher galeski]

nice flight pose,nice BG,repost better.

[gail bisson]

Terrific!
Great wing pose and the head turn is wonderful.
Beautiful light as well and I am liking the earth tones.
The BG looks a bit pixelated and I would do another round of NR to the BG.
A fine shot,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent pose...I the head angle is just absolutely perfect!! The additional sharpening of the repost does improve things.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, not easy to capture these inflight poses, so well done on that, and even better that you nailed the eye contact towards you - great HA. Love the complimentary BG, and agree a touch of NR on the BG will work. Yes, your repost has turned out much better. Well done.

[Doug Brown]

Fantastic wing position, head angle, and BG. For small and fast birds, I would bump the ISO to 800 and go with 1/6400 or so.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent downwing positions and nice head turn, David.

[dankearl]

A striking small BIF photo!
The repost looks like you did a global sharpening?
The bird looks fine but you introduced some artifacts in the BG.
The OP has better IQ for me.
Really nice work getting this though, Excellent pose.

[Diane Miller]

What a lovely wing position! I love how the back wing is separated from the front. You might expect it to be darker but here it is a nice surprise.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight pose with beautiful HA.Rest is just perfect.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the wing position, HA and complimentary BG. Well done David!

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I will try that Doug. Dan, I only sharpened the bird but I was lazy and sharpened the JPEG copy, then made a copy which sometimes makes things pixelated on certain BGs