Yellow Hammer in apple blossom

[John Robinson]

Bit slushy but thats what the card people want !
D7000Sigma 50-500mm
350th sec @f8
640 ISO
Crop off horizontal.
usual PP
Thanks for comments on last pic.
Cheers
JR

[Jonathan Ashton]

Not slushy for me I like it, love the pose excellent focus and sharpness - super exposure, well done.

[christopher galeski]

Its a great image,sharp with great detail,like the BG and blossom,and a great pose.

[vishaljadhav]

I love this image, the flowers make it a amazing setting yellow in the bird makes it stand out
IQ looks nice and pose is fantastic, i like it all the way.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular frame.Lovely flowering perch, look back pose, beautiful colors and very very nice composition.
If mine ,would remove OOF branch at LRC and half flower bud on extreme left side.

Regards,
Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful setting for this lovely looking bird, John.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, nicely posed in the open, and I like the yellows of the bird against the grey BG. Im finding the comp a bit too squarish, so as you have already cut off some of the flowers on the LHS, I would come in some more.

[Ivan Sjögren]

I don't mind the "sluch", it's a wonderful shot John! I agree on what is said about removing the branch that is OOF, also I wish for a bit more eye contact.

[MiroslavMaric]

Well done shot. Good light and details. Like the matching of flowers, bird and BG colors. From my point of view the crop is the right one. Cheers! Miro

[gail bisson]

Very nice John!
I agree about cloning out the branch on the RHS and cropping ever so slightly from the LHS.
Lovely perch and colors.
Gail

[Andy Shepherd]

Now that is a Yellowhammer shot, JR. Apple Blossom and BG make it for me.

[Bill Dix]

It does make for a lovely card, and a fine image. Good comments above. Nicely captured, John.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
heres one with some suggestions taken on board. It looked a bit odd with the left blossom chopped so I did a bit of "Drawing " !!
Comments welcome.
Cheers
At least there don't seem to be any colour casts ! Thats a relief !
Cheers
JR

[Andre Pretorius]

Like the RP much,much more!

[John Robinson]

Thanks everyone. Much appreciated. I don't have the means etc to travel so it is nice when local stuff gets well recieved. If I had the means to travel to mesogambianobotswalafrangioano - or what ever I doubt if I would do much good as I am not a long range lens man. And at the end of the day what do you do with the pics????? These days I get more pleasure out of looking at my old stuff and the memories that will always be with them.
JR

[Satish Ranadive]

Re post is gorgeous. Waiting for lovely card as suggested by Bill Sir.

Regards,
Satish.

[Andrew Robinson]

I don't feel qualified to add anything other than a stunning image John.

Andrew

[John Robinson]

Thanks Andrew/Satish
I actually had to walk 20 feet to do this ! Must be more careful. Didn't cost a lot either !
R

[Binu John]

Beautiful shoot, John! Excellent light, details and perch! TFS