Daurian Redstart.

[Dave Johnson]

Managed to get out for an afternoon recently and get a few more shots of this little guy on a cleaner background.

Shooting info:

60D, 500 F4 ii, 1.4EXT, manual focus, tripod, fill flash at - 1-1/3, ISO 640, SS 1/40, F6.3.

C&C welcomed, thanks for looking.

[dankearl]

Very nice photo of a very attractive species.
Bird, BG and perch all very nice.
A tad smaller perch would be perfect, but very good as is.

[keith mitchell]

Hi Dave, lovely shot the bird looks sharp without being harsh if you understand what I mean, bird sits well on that nice clean BG.

Keith.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice exposure, pose and details. I like the BG too. I agree with Dan re a smaller perch if you get a chance to set it up

[christopher galeski]

very nice capture of a loverly bird,nice pose and BG.

[Marina Scarr]

What a delightful looking bird and great job on exposure and feather details. Love how it bird matches it's BG. Good job on the flash work.

[John Robinson]

Superb crispness on the bird. Agree the perch could be more attractive but then if this is not a set up, then you take it where you can. I would have preferred a little backgound detail to put the bird into context a little more. Fine shot.
John

[Shawn Zierman]

What a gorgeous little bird captured against a nice pastel background. The flash work is solid. With a bird this beautiful, the perch does not need to add much, but yes, if this was a set up, you could work on something a bit more inspirational....if not, then totally disregard. Would love to see this little gem posted at the full size allowed too. :)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot I like the pose. I would be inclined to lower the brightness just a tiny weeny bit - it makes a big difference to an already fine image.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, HA, sharpness, details, exposure, composition and BG. The flash work is excellent. Great image Dave.

[vishaljadhav]

i like the image , great use of flash to get the exposure spot on
good IQ

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet bird, lovely look back pose, excellent colors and details. Your flash work is lovely. Very nicely done.

[Dave Johnson]

Thank you for the very encouraging comments! Just to clarify, this wasn't a set up so couldn't help the perch. Jon, I think it does look better a tad darker. Thanks again all.