Gray Kingbird (Local Name: Pitirre)

[Raul Quinones]

This one is from my homeland (Puerto Rico), one of the most common birds, at least on the west coast.

Canon EOS 40D, EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Shooting Date/Time 7/25/2008 08:02:15
1/640Sec, F7.1, ISO 250 700.0 mm

C&C as always welcome and appreciated.
Raul

[Ramon M. Casares]

I love it, it looks like a grayscale version of our Tropical Kingbird - (Tyrannus melancholicus) that we have here in Argentina, love the light, the profile and the BG although I woult try to lighten the dark areas in the right a bit, also a better head turn to achieve a better eye contact would'v helped, other than than, I like it very much! Congratulations!

[Doug Brown]

Agree with Ramon's suggestions on how to improve the image. Nice sharpness and like the way the eye is illuminated. Thanks for posting!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful capture Raul and great comments from above. Really like the lighting and excellent detail !!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hola Raul! y este come coquis?
Very nice bird, it looks like a fly catcher right? I agree with Ramon, we have one that looks just like this one, and is called Mosquerito Tropical. Saludos.

[Linda Robbins]

A lovely bird...sharp detail and a nice pose. The BG does detract from this nice image, but some PS work will improve that. Very nice capture.

[Judd Patterson]

Very nice Raul. Moving a few steps to the right just might have cleared up that right side of the background and the head turn issues, but all in all a very nice image of a infrequently photographed bird. I see them quite often in Miami too...but always on powerlines!