California Quail

[David Salem]

This handsome male California Quail gave me a nice pose on a trip a few months ago to shoot a Peregrine eyrie in San Diego.

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Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[Ian Wilson]

Nice pose and composition. Have you done a bit of work on the rock and/or background on the RHS? - looks a bit washed out, also on the toe just appearing from behind the rock. Cheers, Ian.

[Steve Kaluski]

Lovely detail in the subject David, cracking BKG, but agree with Ian, there seems to be some of the BKG colour overlapping the rock & claw.

TFS
Steve

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful portrait of this handsome bird. I love the position of his plume. Love everything, in fact, except where it appears you cloned in some bg color over the rock and claw.

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone. Sorry, late night edit. I will fix it.

[David Salem]

Here is a repost with the cloning fixed. Thanks again

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, great angled pose, and you have brought out the finer detail so well. I do like the colour of the BG, and love the drooping 'crest' ( not sure what you call it )

[Shawn Zierman]

This dude looks like the cock of the rock :) Excellent subject isolation. Simple effective image design. Head and body angle are spot on. I'm going to be a bit of a tool here, but in the repost, there are background elements on the right edge of the frame that were not in the original, and in that regard, I like the original better. But... with the repost, the area mentioned along the rock line and bird's left foot have been dealt with nicely. Regardless, what a gorgeous well lit bird, that I could surely never see enough images of.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet details in the dark and bright feathers. Perfect pose, great light and IQ. What a flamboyant wardrobe these guys have! Nice work Dave.

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful detail David. This is a stunning bird and the photograph really does it justice! Love the BG and the drooping crest. Nice one.

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose, background and excellent details, David. I like the repost.

[Enrique Patino]

re-post better. Great pose and colors.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture of a handsome bird,nice BG,perch and pose,repost is the one.

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone.