Fantastic pose! Nice light and good exposure as well.
Obviuosly you've higher on the ISO to freeze the action (right decision by the way) - so you could do with some noise reduction (particularly in the BG) and maybe compose a little less central (but that's fairly picky on my part). Nice one!
Great image. I think RWBL females are a terrific subject because of the subtlety of the colors in their plumage. You really captured a dramatic moment.
The crop feels just a bit tight perhaps?
Cheers
Gail Spitler
I love this shot very cool getting the legs spread and a nice frontal view the slightly open wings add a sense of movement and action. I also like the little touch of habitat and the subtle bg Sweet Shot!
Great and unusual pose and eye contact. I wish for a bit more beak/wing separation and the bird looks a bit oversharpened on my monitor. Keep them coming!
Hi Darren
I like your image, nice pose and action !
As a remark from a Non-American User:
it would be nice if you could avoid abbreviations/shortcuts or explain it.
For american birders it may be a very well known species, but what means rwbb or rwbl ?
@ admins/mods: Additionally for the second-language-speaker it could be helpful to generate a shurtcut-list to explain for example BG , SH, etc.