Young Stonechat

[shane shacaluga]

Continuing on the Stonechat theme, I was hoping for some raptors in flight recently and as the sun set i was pushing up the ISO slowly when this young stonechat popped out of nowhere

It only gave me a few shots so I did not get time to adjust the settings. Seems to have come out quite nicely

D800e
300f4 + 1.7x TC
1/1600
f6.7
ISO 1250

Hand held

25% cropped and usual basic processing. Separated BG and applied NR and slightly pulled down the curve

USM on the subject after resizing for web

Thanks for viewing

[David Salem]

Nice looking pose and I like the perch and the BG. Good job on the vert comp and the details look good. Looks like a baby to me. Might just be the angle. Well done

[keith mitchell]

Shane I agree it as come out quite nicely, young bird with not the best of feathers but what it as you have captured very well ,BG adds to this image IMHO.

Cheers Keith.

[John Robinson]

Nice one Shane. A little something in the background would lift it a little for me but thats just a personal thing. Ours are all festooned with rings around here !
John

[Randy Stout]

Shane:
Well captured, good comments above. I really like the one talon sticking straight forward.

Cheers

Randy

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet light and BG. I like the thorny perch and the excellent eye contact. Lovely image.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image. Nice pose and HA. Beautiful colors. nice perch, back drop and composition.

Regards,
Satish.