Captured in McAllen, TX in November of 2017. I tried a version where I cloned out the cactus on the left, but decided to leave it in, since it gave some clue to the bird's South Texas location.
Love, love the pose of this little cutie. IQ is excellnt.
Perch looks good- just not crazy about the stuff on the left. Too bad you could not move to your left to get rid of that stuff.
Gail B.
Nice adult bird :) The leaves bother me more than the cactus. Sharp with a nice alert pose and a perfect head angle.
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I really like these birds and the pose you captured here has lots of personality. Makes for a very eye grabbing image. I'm not crazy about the cactus in the back but I think the leaves in front of that have too much NR applied and they look a bit odd. Shame as the bird is sweet. Just shows how hard it is to get all of the elements to line up for a shot.