Late Sun Soaking...

[David Roach]

EOS R RF 100-500 @500 f7.1 1/1000 ISO 1600 HH, cropped for composition from vertical

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Nice Pose. In a perfect world, a bit more head turn would be good.

The frame is a bit too tight for me. I would have like more space all round.

TFS

[David Roach]

Nice Pose. In a perfect world, a bit more head turn would be good.

The frame is a bit too tight for me. I would have like more space all round.

TFS

Thanks Krishna for the very valued inputs. Much appreciated coming from you.

[Paul Burdett]

Hi David...ditto Krishna's comment, but a fine shot anyhow. Australasian Darters are very common here in Brisbane, and this is a classic pose. Great BG to contrast with the bird. Cheers.

[David Roach]

Hi David...ditto Krishna's comment, but a fine shot anyhow. Australasian Darters are very common here in Brisbane, and this is a classic pose. Great BG to contrast with the bird. Cheers.

Thanks Paul, your valued input always appreciated.

[Jonathan Ashton]

You nailed it David, wonderful exposure super pose and natural colours. Good details in dark, mid and light tones, I am fine with the crop top and bottom but a little more on either side would have been good. I expect it was cropped thus due to uncomplimentary vegetation.

[David Roach]

You nailed it David, wonderful exposure super pose and natural colours. Good details in dark, mid and light tones, I am fine with the crop top and bottom but a little more on either side would have been good. I expect it was cropped thus due to uncomplimentary vegetation.

You and Steve are constantly in my head... Still, no where near yet, but will keep trying... As always, thanks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm OK with the framing, but yes some more room would be fine too. Good pose, and overall scene here. I'm fan of clean edges, so here's a repost cleaning-up the bottom. Content-aware worked well for the stick in the middle, and a mix of CA, and cloning was better for the corner foliage. Best done on the high-res (and uncropped version as more source material available there).