Rufous Whistler

[Greg Oakley]

One of our great songbirds of the bush here in Australia.
Thanks for looking, Greg.

D800, 300 2.8, 1.7TC, f/7.1, 1/250, ISO400, Flash@-2.0

[Mike Veltri]

Very nice Greg, nice comp. with the flowers.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely composition and colours and a great pose. The bird has a slightly noisy or gritty look about it (??) Was this a large crop or perhaps a high ISO if so I would suggest a slightly smaller crop or a little NR on the bird.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely colours and colours. I like the flowers and lovely smooth BG. The bird pops nicely. Agree with gritty look though.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely bird, pose, comp. I'm wondering if the 'gritty' look is just a tiny bit too much sharpening. Nice image in any case.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Lovely species,Composition, BG & light. As mentioned above, the IQ is not great in comparison with your previous posts, but still very strong image. TFS

[Dan Busby]

Hi Greg. Very nice background, perch, colours and comp. I am thinking that the flash maybe caused some release of the iridescence and made it look a bit granular. But still a great shot.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I see what the others mean about the plumage"gritty-ness" but I bet this looks awesome bigger. Love the comp, flowers, BG, colours.

[John Robinson]

Seen this before somewhere Greg.
Great picture- flowers and all .
Cheers
JR

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hi Greg,
Beautiful photo of this bird, I also really enjoy the flowers and smooth background.
Cheers,

Merv

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb image. Very nice pose, colors and composition with flowers.

Regards,
Satish.