Brown-crested Flycatcher

[David Bose]

Canon T2i + 400mm f/5.6L 1/1250 f/5.6 ISO 400 Handheld


I captured this Brown-crested Flycatcher sitting on a perch I placed near the nest which is in a bird house I built. The flycatcher had just caught an insect to feed to it's young. I was not using a blind but standing very still nearby.

The only edits were:

+25 contrast
+21 whites
-26 blacks
-100 highlights
Cropped

[Diane Miller]

Stunning sharpness and detail, great tonalities! And I love the BG! Do you have just a little more of the image on the right? People here have convinced me that I don't care for the squarish crops I used to do a lot.

[David Bose]

Thank you Diane! Is this better?

Yes I have plenty of room everywhere except the bottom, the first image was cropped about 40%.