Common Buzzard

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX Mk2
f/4 400mm DO Mk2 at 560mm
f/5.6
1/1600
ISO 1000

Another from my vehicle whilst driving around.......These birds usually fly off as soon as the vehicle is stopped....Very wary.....so I was surprised I got a few shots, including a nice head turn.....HH from the driving seat through the passengers open window.....ACR and PS.

Will

[Dorian Anderson]

I really like the pose and stare. And the BG is really dreamy; super clean but just enough texture to be interesting. My only issue is the composition; the bird is too centered and thus looking into the short, left side of the frame. I would
offset him to the right to combat this issue. You have the detail to crop in a bit tighter if you feel the left hand side is too vacuous after moving him to the right.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot Will fine details. My suggestion would be to remove the blue from the plumage.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Will the head turn saved the image for you ... glad he did .
Love the mottled BG , super smooth and still tonal variations .... well done .
Perch is what it is , not the hottest on planet earth .... but who cares at times . Nice details and fine sharpness rendered .
Yes to Jon´s thought about the blues , but I picked it up in the beak ...

TFS Andreas

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments guys....much appreciated..

Will

[Arthur Morris]

Well done and good timing on the head turn. Ditto Dorian on the BKGR. And I would not mind a bit off the right and the bottom. As for the perch? Well, it is the perch ...

with love, artie