Another Stonechat

[Richard Unsworth]

Weather is mad here at the moment , temp down to 1/2 what it should be (20 not 40); this has supressed raptor activity?

Anyways heres another Stone' , stalked in open and sitting on one of my fenceposts - I smashed it with a sledgehammer when erecting lol

Just nr to bg, smartsharp after resizing, B&W points set but close anyways, +10on sat

7D 100-400 ISO 400 F6.3 1/1000 HH Manual Exp

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like the soft tones here and they all work well together.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and colors. The background color compliments the bird's.

[Don Lacy]

Hi Richard, Nice detail and pose, if this were mine I would pull down the mids just a touch and tone down the hot spots on the perch

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ditto Don, and I too feel the subject is tight in the frame. Very pretty bird that you photographed in a perfect profile pose.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Very nice pose,colors,details and color scheme.
Agree about toning down the perch and some more space around the bird.

Regards,
Satish.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks for the comments everyone; so heres another rendition taking those into consideration.
I will be trying again today, would like to get the male with all boxes ticked!

[Satish Ranadive]

Looks absolutely superb. Since the BG colors is complimenting very nicely with birds colors,more space looks beautiful.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely image either way. The simple color palette works nicely. I suppose I could imagine a crop halfway in between, but there are infinite possibilities I suppose. In the close-up view, I find the nictitating membrane a slight distraction.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A nice shot, for me a tad bright and perhaps a little more contrast would help. I think initial exposure was perhaps a tad too high?

[Bruce Spell]

I'm looking on my laptop screen right now so perhaps it's me, but I see a faint pattern from left to right across the shot in the BG. Much more noticeable in the repost. Does anyone else see that?

[Richard Unsworth]

There is hoho, anyone guess what it is?