Grounded Stonechat

[John Robinson]

Bit of a change to get one not on a gorse twig I thought.
I say that because I couldn't get him on one !

car tripod
D200 Sigma 50-500mm
640 ISO
250th f8
contrast down 1 in camera.
ev minus one stop
Neat image. Checked in Bibble.
Thanks for looking and comments on last pic.
JohnR

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp and sweet with nice detail in the dark face. I'd eliminate the round, bright highlight lower left corner.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Artie
Just off to bed . See your point . Will play to morrow.!
Cheers
John

[christopher galeski]

nice one John,nice pose,like you said,different to see on the deck,on my screen there is a bit of noise in the BG.thanks.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely pose and tonal range/colours.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, good low angle, and well exposed on the blacks. I like the pose, together with the placement in the frame.

[William Dickson]

Nice capture John. I love those little birds. It's good to see one on the ground. Well done

[gail bisson]

Good,solid image.
Like the clear eye,
Gail

[shane shacaluga]

Havent caught one on the ground either. Nicely done.

TFS

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Great image with a nice pose. If it were mine, I'd go with one more pass of smoothing on the background.

[John Robinson]

Heres one with more NR
Cheers
Thanks for looking.
JohnR