Lesser grey shrike (sub adult)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from car window, in Satara region Kruger Park.
Canon 5D III Canon 500mm f4 L IS II + 1.4TC III ISO 1000, 1/2000 sec f9
ACR + PSCC

[John Mack]

Detail on the bird is nice like the background. Looks too centered in the frame.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, nice control of the whites and I guess with that combo you may be a bit small in frame? Going more to the right may have cleared the leaves but the actual position of the subject may not have been that great after. A different crop perhaps, it's not quite working for me Jon sadly.

TFS
Steve

[Bob Smith]

The slender profile of this fellow makes the image a bit difficult to handle I think. I would be inclined to crop the bird into the lower left of the frame and maybe have a look at a slightly darker blue for the BG and eliminating the vignetteing ( or maybe make it darker than the central area rather than lighter ? ) , but only after seeing how it looks this way after the crop.