Went back to the same tree as I did on my last redstart image and had to wait close to an hour for this one to land on the tree. Many were landing close but none in the right place to have the light directly from behind.
D800e
300f4 + 1.7x TC
f7.1
1/2000
ISO 800
Handheld
Had to a lot of post processing due to many intersecting branches and one stuck right over the tail including a red berry to complicate matters. Eventually the only natural look was just to show the perch as is. I feel it is a bit bare with the all sky background but thats the BG i had to work with at the time. Redstarts have a knack of landing on the branch you least want
Toned down the perch and berries and sharpened the bird masking the shadow area on the tail to avoid any grain appearing
Shane all you can work with is what you have on the day ,just a thought and I could be totally wrong but maybe a little removed from the left and maybe try to brighten up the bird a little. I do like this nice uncluttered image.
Hi Shane, super angled pose, and I like these type of images with the perch extending into the frame. I agree with the others to take off the left and bottom - it will really improve the overall image.
Female common redstart (2)
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