Northern Waterthrush #2

[gail bisson]

This has a better HA and addresses some of the sharpening details Grace mentioned.
1DX, Canon 600mm II and 1.4X
1/400@f 6.3 ISO 800
Full vertical crop from horizontal.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
gail

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely portrait. excellent pose, perch & details. like the how the BG color matches that of the bird.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gail,
Excellent image. Love the pose with nice HA, colors,details, beautiful and complimentary colors of BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Super pose and HA Gail. Very nicely done.

[Diane Miller]

Beautiful detail and pose, you turned dull light into soft light (not easy), the greens are just right and the hint of warm tones in the BG is a very nice touch.

The negative space above is definitely something to keep for the magazine cover (!) but for web presentation, I think I'd crop a little from the top. Sometimes the "rule of fifths" works well, to move the center of attention a little higher in a frame where the BG is not offering a balancing element up there.

[Lorant Voros]

Love the IQ, pose and HA. The matching BG is a nice bonus.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, I enjoyed your previous image of this thrush, and this is even better with the better HA as you have already mentioned. Well exposed and sharp, and the BG definitely compliments the thrush. Comp wise, for this post, I would take off the top and RHS. For your next magazine cover, the space on top is just fine.

[Alan Murphy]

Love both images you have posted of this species. I do see this being a little warmer.

[Bill Dix]

I like this even better than the last. Wonderful color palette, pose. I could also imagine this just a little warmer, or perhaps less green.

[Markus Jais]

I like this a lot. Great perch and background and wonderful head angle.

Markus

[Tin Man Lee]

Love the grip on the perch, the eye contact and the background, awesome shot, Gail.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Gail, simple and gorgeous! The "splash" of green is a nice touch to an already outstanding image.