Snow bunting

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 & 1.4TC ISO 400 +1.3 1/1000 sec f6.3
New was there's a migrant snow bunting at the local beach, sure enough I found him/her (not sure if sub adult or female) catching flies on the breakwater wall.
The wall had patches of lichens on it, unfortunately they were not in this fame - I transplanted them from a different image. The uppermost surface and top edge of the vertical of the wall is genuine, the blend is lower down.
All C&C welcome.

[Matthew Studebaker]

Excellent classic shot and on such a beautiful rock. My only nit is a small, vertical line behind the tail from combining frames.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Love the light, your exposure and the head turn, Jon.
Nice job with the transplantation. Nice catch by Matthew.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely shot of this bunting. Good idea and execution with the lichen.

[Karl Egressy]

Great details, nice head turn, and nice looking lichen covered perch, Jon.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. I like the pose with nice HA, beautiful colors,details, very nice BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[vishaljadhav]

Superb pose and a great exposure, i love the surrounding as it compliments the bird a lot.
beautiful looking bird

[Grace Scalzo]

You certainly did a great job with your processing. My only comment has to do with the flies...I know that they are natural, but I just don't find them asthetially pleasing.

[David Salem]

Nice shot. I like the pose, colors and the details. I might remove the flies. Well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the comments everyone much appreciated.
Grace & David I know what you mean...but the snow bunting disagrees