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.
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.
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.