Male Stonechat in winter plumage

[christopher galeski]

Taken theother day,the light was not the best,and the bird is a bit drab in its winter plumage,come on spring,cannon5D111,CANNON500MM IS,L,F4,1/4EXT,700MM FL,resting on bean bag on old farm wall,cropped,sharpened for web,CB,touch of levels,ISO2500,F5.6,1/500S.

[christopher galeski]

This is a redo with some SAT,to give the drab colors a lift,what do you think.

[keith mitchell]

I do think the SAT one just gives it a lift, I like this bird in it's habitat, really nice natural shot Chris.

Keith.

[adrian dancy]

A pleasing capture Chris. I think you might need to remove the cyans and blues in the white collar and small wing bar. I'm OK with the first presentation. nice work.

[John Robinson]

First looks better to me.Chris. Just my sort of habitat shot. Like this a lot.
JohnR

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely image, love the natural surrounding.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the loose composition, setting, sharpness and complimentary BG. I like the OP the best. Very well done Chris.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Excellent capture of this beauty, Christopher. Very nice overcast light. Like the habitat and complimentary BG.


Geoffrey

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Christopher, very nice shot! Another bird I have never seen :) I like the OP better and agree with Adrian regarding the cyan/blues seeming a little off (unless that is the natural colouring of the bird?). I love how the vegetation is mostly in the focal plane, yet the background is blurred.

TFS-Ross

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking and comments,Adrian,thanks for pointing out the cyan and blue on the wing bar and collar,dont know how I missed them .