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    Default King of the castle fledged wheatear

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    Taken last week,lighting a bit overcast,this is a young wheatear,stood on this stone in the old quarry,looks like he is the king of the castle,hence the title,cannon500mm IS L F4,7D,tripod,iso1250,f5.6,1/650s,cropped,sharpened,touch of sat,comments good or bad.thanks.

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    What a perky little fellow...love it ! he looks much like a buff coloured cotton ball, lovely soft plumage and overall color tones to suit. Sweet pose, just a nice size rocky perch and nice crisp eye....great as is, but also work as a vertical i think

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    Chris:

    I also like it, simple composition, soft colors, sharp bird, just enough rock showing.

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    Love all the elements in this fine image. Great perch, detail and BG all woking together. Sweet.

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    Great shot!. Chest all puffed out, serveying his future patch. Good HA and eye. Lovely muted BG.

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    Nice soft light, beautiful composition.

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    Lovely bird and image. Great feather details and you gave it just the right amount of sharpening. Super BG and perch.
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    What a wonderful details you have got on this cute little one?
    Love the beautiful colors of bird and BG,lovely details. Very nice pose,perch and composition.

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    Hi Chris, lovely pose, and just love the detail, both the soft plumage, and the finer feathers. Great BG too. I would come in from the left a bit, together with a touch off the top. Of course, with this pose, a vertical could work too.

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    what a fluffy little thing. Nice design on the perch as well as the bg.

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    Thanks for looking and your comments.

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    Simple, sweet and perfect is all i can say about this one.
    All elements are just right

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    Hi Chris, is this at the same location as the Peregrine?

    Firstly, you might like to check your settings as to me the image looks a tad saturated and carries an untagged profile, might be an unchecked box?

    I like the simplicity of the image, but personally think you can move the subject a tad more to the left, it's a wee bit tight to the right for me. I would also drop the saturation to help the chest feathers then add a curves mid tone to the subject, just helps bring out some more definition overall in the plumage. Nice capture.

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    thanks for looking and comments Vishal,Steve it is not the same location as the peregrine,it is 10mins from were I live,thanks for comments.

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    Thanks Chris, no need to disclose. Been too busy closer to home, but you never know, I might just bump into you one day around the location, probably about a 45min drive for me.

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    simple & lovely image. like the upright pose, comp & BG. which species of wheatears are these?

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    Girish,thanks for comments,this is a Northern Wheatear,comes to the UK to breed.

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