Whinchat

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi
Taken in early morning light .Southwest Iran,Khuzestan province.




Model Canon EOS 7D
Shutter Speed 1/2000 s
F-Number f/6.3
ISO ISO 400
Exposure Bias Value 0.00 eV
Metering Mode Pattern
Flash Off, Did not fire
Focal Length 400 mm
Lens Model EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Date/Time Original 8/22/2013 6:064 PM

[Henry Domke]

Classic pose perfectly executed; even the head angle works. The focus is precise and the bird looks tack sharp.
The colors are restricted to a variety of warm hues that is very pleasing.
The eye is so dark that it reads as black. Is the eye really that dark? If there were a hint of tonal variation in the eye I think the bird would seem more "alive".
The background is very pleasing with the exception of one yellow-green area just above the base of the tail. It seems out-of-character.

[Randy Stout]

Mohammad:

Good comments from Henry. I too was struck by the excellent pose and colors.

I might be tempted to crop a sliver off the top.

Well done.

Cheers

Randy

[adrian dancy]

Excellent. I love the background colours and tones. If I am to be highly critical I might say your image is just on the border of the bird being over sharpened but that is a matter of taste and there may be a bit of abrupt loss of detail in a piece of the finer vegetation which may be a result of NR. It still remains a superb image.
BTW I spent several days this year trying to nail Whinchat without success, and if I was successful, it would not have come close to being as good as this.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent warm light, pose & perch. Very nice IQ. TFS

[Bret Goddard]

Nicely done, I think the background adds to the whole, great shot.