Snow Bunting

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/6.3
1/800
ISO 2000

I managed to capture this one on Cairngorm Mountain at the weekend. I came across a small flock of them, mostly landed on the snow, which gave me a few good frames. This bird however, perched on the only part of 'greenery' in the area, which I liked. Light was limited to dark clouds.

Will

[Glenn Pure]

A fine image, Will. Detail is excellent (as usual) and your processing has rendered the tone and colour very nicely. Great pose and 'inquisitive' head angle too. I'd be inclined to take a bit off the bottom of the frame to around the top of the blurry foreground mound. Thanks for sharing. Do you have any on the snow? I'd love to see them.

[gail bisson]

I like the cocked head and the bit of snow in front of the bird.Good IQ,
Conditions, as you mention, were a bit dark but reflect situation nicely. I might still be tempted to brighten the bird slightly.
I would crop up slightly from the bottom of frame to get rid of OOF stuff.
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Lovely shot with an inquisitive pose and beautiful tundra setting. Agree with others about a slight crop.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great capture, William. Like the curious look, detail, and the spot he chose to perch on.

Geoffrey




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[Jonathan Ashton]

Love it Will I like the setting.... and one up on mine you got ice!
I wonder if the bird could benefit from a very small tweak, I made a selection of the bird then ->Levels then moved the gamma to 1.1-1.13 WDYT??

[William Dickson]

Love it Will I like the setting.... and one up on mine you got ice!
I wonder if the bird could benefit from a very small tweak, I made a selection of the bird then ->Levels then moved the gamma to 1.1-1.13 WDYT??

No image showing Jon!!!

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

Will I was just explaining what I did that’s all.