Verdin

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon 500/4 + 1.4x
1/400 sec f/6.3 ISO 640 HH

Viveza 2
CS6

Ideally, I would have preferred that the BG twig didn't come out of his head, but at least it's quite OOF and I don't find it overly distracting.

[Clyde Hopper]

Ian The branches did not draw me eye till I read what you posted . Must not be TOO bad? The sharpness of the bird makes me jealous .If it were mind I would add some blur to the BG ...Now that you preconditioned my mind ...

[Marina Scarr]

This is a pretty cool image. I understand and second your sentiments on the OOF branch, but it is quite muted. I think this is a cool looking bird, and I love the behavior. The colors are quite unique here.

[Jim Thomas]

Love the colors and behaviior here. Never seen one of these, are they really slightly purple? Great image.

Jim

[Jeannean Ryman]

Ideally, the background would be clean, but unfortunately the birds don't always pose where we'd like. Nice image just the same.