Tree Swallow

[Jim Neiger]

Osceola County, Fl - 1D4, 600mm, hand held from boat, 1/640, F4, ISO 800, manual exposure

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

One of the finest images of a swallow I have seen Jim. Well done.

[PhilCook]

I do wish we had this species here, stunning blue on this species. So very well achieved from a boat at 600mm. I like his look/mood, he seems a little sinister/mischievous or maybe just a bit smug atop his perch.

I feel a little more canvas on the right to make the in frame placement fit the general rules....but sometimes dam the rules...looks good as is LOL
The only real problem I see with this one is the backdrop, I think maybe it was overdone with noise reduction or similar and there is quite a bit of jpeg artifact showing

[Faraaz Abdool]

Excellent image here, well exposed. I'm seeing the posterized look in the BG Phil's speaking about too. I wish the bird was a little more left in the frame, he's mildly too centred for my liking. Otherwise, I love the head turn toward you and his expression. That deep colour really pops!

[Lyle Gruby]

Beautiful subject. Those iridescent feathers look great, as does the pose. Agree on the background. I'd actually like the bird a little more to the right in the frame, I feel the flow from the bottom of the wings to the eye is a bit more pleasant. Is the catchlight natural? The light appears overcast unless a flash was used.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice vibrant color, very sharp. BG can use some NR (looks like there was some compression?)

well done