Dark-eyed Junko.

[Karl Egressy]

Dark-eyed Junco.
It was taken yesterday.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM
Canon 500 f 4.0 L IS II + 1.4x III.
ISO
800
1/ 250 s
f 7.1
tripod

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of nicely posed Junco on nice perch.Rest is superb. Great composition.
Vertical portrait would also be a great one.

Regards,
Satish.

[Raybel Robles]

Very nice image, love the setting of it. I feel the face specialy around the eyes to be a bit soft, maybe a bit more sharpening would do the trick. Other than that a great image.

[keith mitchell]

Karl your bird looks great in that setting, these are super looking Finches.

Keith.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent image of nicely posed Junco on nice perch.Rest is superb. Great composition.
Vertical portrait would also be a great one.

Regards,
Satish.

Thanks Satish.
Here is a vertical crop.

[John Robinson]

Hi Karl
Both work for me. Personally I thinka little more detail in the back would lift it but thats just me.
Cheers
John

[Grace Scalzo]

Karl, You threaded the needle and found just the right spot to get the little one in the clear. I like both images.

[Satish Ranadive]

Karl,
Absolutely superb vertical composition. However I like both the images and can't favor single one..

Regards,
Satish.

[Richard Flack]

Hi Karl, nice image, I personally prefer the vertical as I found the leaves in the first one a bit too much. Lovely detail and pose. TFS

[gail bisson]

Hi Karl,
I prefer the OP. I like the way the pine needles frame the bird.
I think the junco's face fell just outside the DOF and is a bit soft.
I would see if you could sharpen it up a bit.
Nice one Karl,
Gail

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome image Karl. I like the comp of the OP. Great exposure on the bird with lots of fine detail.

[Karl Egressy]

Hi Karl,
I prefer the OP. I like the way the pine needles frame the bird.
I think the junco's face fell just outside the DOF and is a bit soft.
I would see if you could sharpen it up a bit.
Nice one Karl,
Gail

Thanks Gail.
I think it is time to redo the micro adjustment.
The active focus point was right on the eye.
I checked the other images and it looks to me that the camera/lens
front focusing.

[David Salem]

I like the OP best for the sme reason as Gail. Better framing. Besides that it looks great and reminds me of a postcard. A bit more sharpening to the face will help. Well done Karl

[Robert Kimbrell]

Looks like a postcard. I prefer op, but do like that you removed the white sap? near the feet in the Vert. The neutral background sets him off well.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely image either way, and I actually don't have a preference. Agree on the face needing a bit more sharpening.