American Redstart - Front.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is the same individual I posted yesterday. I had two perches going for it (with speaker between the two) and it took this one frontally (which is cool to have some images of each side!).

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/160s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition, removed a bluish cast on the head, darkened the brightest leaves, darkened the pupil, lightened the iris, cleaned up a few strands of spider web on the head. NR to the BG. Audio used.

[John Robinson]

Thats a cracking bird Daniel. Bit of something in the back - but you know me !! One tiny nit- the leaves look as though they are wanting to point upwards if you know what I mean. They seem to be showing a lot of underside.
No big deal
John

[gail bisson]

Hi Daniel,
What strikes me the most about this picture is how perfectly the blacks have been exposed. You are the king of the 7D!
I like the green BG and feel there is enough subtle variation in the greens to please my eye.
I see what John is saying but would not have noticed it on my own.
Lovely IQ on the redstart. This is a nemesis bird for me so would love this in my files,
Gail

[christopher galeski]

Quality image,sharp with nice detail,like the BG,loverly pose.

[Karl Egressy]

Great to have a place where you actually can do a setup, Daniel. Just as beautiful as the previous shot.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Really lovely shot Daniel.
Love the soft light, pose and the perch. Very special!

[Bill Dix]

Glad he turned around; the previous post made him look as if his head was on backwards. Lovely shot, with amazing exposure of the blacks. Nicely done.

[William Dickson]

Very well done Dan, the image looks real good. I really like the details on the bird. Would love to see it bigger in the frame

Will

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Exceptional IQ, Daniel. Great perch for this beauty.




Geoffrey

[keith mitchell]

Looks like a top quality shot to me Daniel, beautiful looking bird .

Keith.

[David Cowling]

Great looking bird and excellent capture. I like the detail in the black feathers, the diagonal of the perch and the lovely clean background. I would love to have seen it a little larger to see more of the details but it is a lovely shot anyway.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, details, sharpness, exposure, BG and composition. I would clone out the broke off piece on the perch at the birds right foot. Excellent image Daniel.

[amir alimoradian]

Great looking bird with great composition. I like everything in your shot.
TFS