Magpie (Pica pica)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hand held using Procapture Low, the Magpie had just taken off from a fence post.
Olympus E-M1X
Lens focal length : 300 mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 601.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 800
Exposure compensation : 0.0 EV
Shutter : 1/3200 sec
Aperture : F5.6

ACR/TopazDNAI/PSCC

[Kurt Bowman]

Nice sharp head, good wing position on this one Jon! I think you might have lost some detail in the body, but this is a hard bird to expose. Nice work!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice sharp head, good wing position on this one Jon! I think you might have lost some detail in the body, but this is a hard bird to expose. Nice work!

Thanks Kurt glad you liked it, I was in two minds over posting this or a previous one where it is taking off. ... (DOF limited = detail limited)

[Jack Backs]

Nice, sharp where it needs to be. Centered a bit too much, needs more canvas on the left.

[Volkan Akgul]

gorgeous ..

congratulations!

[David Roach]

Sweet, sweet frame IMHO. Love the pose, DOF and EXP as well as soft BG. TFS

[Dorian Anderson]

Dynamic! Action looks great, and the intensity on the face is money. Dangling feet are pretty sweet too. Might try to tame those whites on the flank a touch.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jon .... a real belter IMHO !!!!
Personally I might change the crop , with more space on the LHS and a bit more on top .
Looking in the shadows .... I personally would look at the blues , matter of taste .

Very very cool work , Jon

TFS Andreas