emerald honeycreeper

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 800
500 mm
f 7 iso 400

[Marina Scarr]

Stunning bird with a great perch and BG. Love the colors and all the feather details. I'm not totally sold on the crop. Was there a way to go horizontal?

[Lorant Voros]

What a bird. Great IQ, nice pose and what colors! I agree about the crop...feels strange to me as well. TFS.

[keith mitchell]

Cracking looking bird on a super BG,detail on the bird is excellent.

Keith,

[John Robinson]

I agree aout the crop but otherwise spot on.
JohnR

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Stuart,

I suspect the vertical crop could work (with bird and perch at 45deg) if there was more room on the 2 sides and top. The bird seems high and large in the frame as-is. I can see that landscape orientation could work also, as mentioned by the others.

I feel the HA is turned a tad much, the bird seems to be looking to the right of me.

The perch, background and bird are killer beautiful! I really like the reds transitioning to green in the background :)

Thanks for posting this beauty, Stuart!

Ross