European Stonechat

[Ivan Sjögren]

This is a quite common species in Southern Europe both only breed in a handfull of places in Sweden. I spent one afternoon this weekend with one of Swedens few pairs of European Stonechats.
All coments welcome!


Canon 70D | 400mm f/5.6 | ISO 400 | 1/1000s | f/5.6

[gail bisson]

Hello Ivan,
A sweet bird.
I like your vertical but could also see a version with a fair bit off the bottom ( to just above the flowers if the IQ can handle the increased crop)
Perfect head angle.
I would back off on the sharpening of the bird a little bit. If not against your ethics I would clone out the second highlight in the eye as well.
Although I have made lots of " critiques", I like the image very much and think it is worth tweaking to take it to the next level,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cute bird and very nice perch. I like Gail's crop suggestion but I also like it as is. I would definitely eliminate the lower catchlight. Perfect head angle and I like the soft blue BG.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,nice BG,good pose,agree with Gail on cloning out the second highlight.

[Diane Miller]

What a cutie -- sharp and very nice tonalities, with detail in lights and darks, but plenty of eye-catching contrast.