Yellow on Green

[John Robinson]

Yellow wagtail (male) Spent a fair bit of time with these over the years. Boy are they fast !
Incidentally- the green weed is causing a serious problem on the mosses and meres in this country . It is Crassula Helmsii, a kind of short fleshy succulent which has been introduced and literally takes over. It covers any bare wader type mud almost overnight. The area where the wagtails were photographed was shallow water and mud last year.

D200 Sigma 50-500mm.
Cheers
350th @f8
ISO 400
Cheers
JR

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and topside view, subject is sharp and well exposed. the green surroundings are very nice, I might work on the cathclight a bit, blend in the darker oof blub in the upper right and run some NR on the BG selectively.

TFS

[John Robinson]

Thanks Arash - will do.
Herewith noise reduction (Neat Image)and dark area/eyelight
Cheers
JR

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love that mossy setting (despite its evasiveness described), and the yellow plumage looks great against it. The reworked catchlight looks better. I realize you likely want to keep the grass strand at left there, but I feel the comp would have worked better had you pointed your lens more to the right. Alternatively, if you have it adding back some canvas at right (and top to retain ratio) would also work well.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image with very pleasant yellow and green colors.Love the pose,details,BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

Love this green on green setting, Great looking bird, well photographed.

[arash_hazeghi]

respot looks good, and good suggestions by Dan.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all.
Dan - can get a bit but not enough to make much difference,without taking some off another frame. Where do you stop ?
Cheers
JR