Stonechat(female)

[John Robinson]

Stonechat on a stick - with crane fly larva(Ithink)
D7100
Sigmaq 50-500mm
80% of frame
640iso
250TH Sec @f9
Thanks for comments on last pic.
Cheers
JohnR

[Daniel Cadieux]

Subject, juicy (but probably not yummy) prey item, and perch all look good. BG colours are nice too (but suffer from odd pixilation - probably due to resizing.). A white line along the bottom edge could be removed.

[Mike Poole]

Great to see her with supper John and she's holding a nice square on pose for you. I agree the BG seems to have suffered for some reason.

Mike

[John Robinson]

Thanks both. Tried to spruce things up a bit.
Cheers
JohnR
PS I experimented a bit with Bibble Pro and it could be the problem !

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely little bird... the worm is almost half as big as the bird. I like the perch, color and detail of the bird and worm. Thank you for sharing, John.

[christopher galeski]

nice image of the stonechat with grub,like the perch,nice detail,I can see some patterns in the BG on my screen,on both images.TFS.

[John Robinson]

Thanks guys. I know what it is- I tried to lighten some very dark areas in the BG. Used a lighten brush which I know know is not a good idea !! I have loads more with a better BG but not with the big food item.
Thanks.
JohnR

[Graham Wilkes]

Lovely close up image showing feeding behaviour, its a big grub maybe a leatherjacket.

Graham

[John Robinson]

Thanks guys.
That's right Graham- leather jacket is the crane fly larva.
JOhn