Alpine Brownnock

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks ... a Newbie for me on the avian capture front
Image captured in the Swiss Alps on a overcast part of the day , so I kept things cool and the background dark ... background is is a mountain .

Canon EOS R 6 II
RF 400 2,8 IS L + 1,4 TC
HH

F 8 ; Iso 2500 ; 1/4000 sec

Processed with Darktable 4.6 and PSCC 2024 ; slight crop from LHS and Top

Thanks for watching and commenting to my last postings

Cheers Andreas

[William Dickson]

Very well captured Andreas. Looks like you had a successful trip. I like the comp with the white snow against the dark BG. Great detail in the snow. A lovely looking bird and you captured a good pose. Personally I would remove the brown stuff on the rock in front of the bird.

Will

[Randy Stout]

The soft light allowed great detail and texture in the snow to show. Alert pose. The dark blue background works well with the brown/orange tones in the bird.
I might be tempted to try a crop with a bit off the right side. I like the angled snow line on the left, might try to work the bird angle and that snow line along the diagonal in the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

An unusual image, the bird is well detailed, the strong contrast between the mountain and snow is very attractive. I have not heard about this bird before - a first for me.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A better head angle was needed here (I suppose you expected that), but I love the snow texture and dark background. Good details too.