White-eyed Vireo

[Joseph Przybyla]

I went to Circle B Bar Reserve this morning, heavy clouds and dark. I managed to get a couple good frames, this is one. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 5600 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, background work cloning and smoothing, misplaced vegetation removed
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

The dark-ish BG highlights the bird nicely Joe - and there's lots of detail to appreciate, although it disappears slightly on the breast. I'm surprised at the low noise level at such high ISO's - One of the things I've been rapped on the fingers for on my shot placed yesterday (Nikon D7100).

[keith mitchell]

Hello Joe, nice to see a small one from you, little more DOF would have taken this up a bit more, that said it's a lovely shot as it is.

Keith.

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely shot, nice details when it counts, Joe.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joe, I like the alert pose with the large round eye, and the grey's and yellow's of the plumage go very well together. As you mentioned, looks like you were battling for light, but I feel your DOF isnt too bad.

[Arthur Morris]

The overall concept and execution are great. My big problem is the awkward head position with the bird looking too far to its left for me..... If it were mine, I would lose the spider web on the bill. EXP and sharpness right one. a

[Arthur Morris]

ps: on a second look blackening the pupil a bit might help....

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting, and suggesting improvements. Very much appreciated...