Rose-breasted Grosbeak

[Alan Murphy]

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Galveston Island, TX
D800, 600, ISO 640, f8, 1/1000

One from yesterday.

[Nancy Bell]

Superb! The deep red on the male with the perfect head angle is a show stopper. I know you create wonderful perches, what I don't get is how you arrange to have the birds perch in the exact right place and pose perfectly! Just got your latest e-book. Maybe the secret is in there.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice perch, pose and eye contact, Alan.

[PhilCook]

Beautiful with some foliage/flower material, vertical comp works perfectly and the birds colors stand out so well from the rest of the image, nice detail in the blacks but maybe slightly over sharpened...maybe ?

[Jim Neiger]

Awesome everything as usual. You are truly an unparalleled artist.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Beautiful image Alan! The colors, the perch, the bird, I like it all!

[mohammad reza shahab]

Beautiful BG, perch and eye contact.very nice colors.

[HadiAnsari]

Hi Alan.Nice perch, pose and eye contact.
TFS

[Faraaz Abdool]

Very well framed, Alan. A top notch shot as usual. Love the colours on this one, perfect HA and catchlight.

[Lyle Gruby]

Wow, absolutely beautiful.

[Tim King]

Artistically this tops the charts with color, exposure, composure and all the boxes one can check.
Naturally it looks a little odd. It's kinda like I'm looking down, as the perch looks spun on its side.
Unless the leaves grow vertically away from the sun(?)
All in all, I'd love to have this in my files.

[arash_hazeghi]

technically and aesthetically perfect!

[BobbyPerkins]

Just Beautiful in every way. A perfect example of what your first book is all about.

"Nancy Bell
I know you create wonderful perches, what I don't get is how you arrange to have the birds perch in the exact right place and pose perfectly! Just got your latest e-book. Maybe the secret is in there."

Alan's secret to that question is revealed in his first Book: " The Guide to Songbird Set-up Photography." Still one of my fav books. Thank's Alan!