Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

[Karl Egressy]

This is the male but the female is equally attractive IMO.
Will post one image of her next.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II. +1.4x III.
ISO 400
1/500 s
f7.1

[Geoffrey Montagu]

A stunning beauty, Karl. Excellent IQ and detail. Like the narrow perch and head position.




Geoffrey

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Karl it looks like you had one of those perfect days!
The light here really helped you to get some nice exposure on both blacks and whites, even those reds have enough details. Love the clarity and clean BG.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Lovely pose, perch & BG. Excellent detail & HA.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This is a magnificent image Karl. Simple and beautiful.

[christopher galeski]

very nice Karl,great BG,love the pose and perch,nice exposure,sharp with nice detail.well done.

[Andy Shepherd]

Great looking portrait, Karl. Since joining this forum, it has surprised me just how many 5D's are being used for bird photography, I suppose it's a case of image quality over reach.

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking portrait, Karl. Since joining this forum, it has surprised me just how many 5D's are being used for bird photography, I suppose it's a case of image quality over reach.

Thanks, Andy. I think it's the case. I sold my 7D and replaced it with a 5DM3. I call it jokingly; the poor people's 1DX. I also kept the 1DM4.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

I Karl, this is so pretty it hurts. I spent several hours in a hide last week waiting for one of these. None landed on my perch. Beautiful image of a gorgeous species.

[Diane Miller]

What Sidharth said! So nice to see the eye so clearly in a dark head. Beautifully handled tonalities, sharp and a stunning pose!

[Binu John]

Love this shot! Excellent pose, exposure, colors, background and composition!

[Frank Schauf]

Great pose and perch.

[vishaljadhav]

Fantastic capture, i love the details you have in the eye on that black head
looks good all around

[Sandy Witvoet]

Perfect Karl... HA, perch, pose lovely feather detail...nicely set off by a very complementary BG. (I like the "girls" too... ) So wonderful that they spend a few months with us "up north"!