male stonechat

[christopher galeski]

nice male stonechat calling,on top of fencepost.cannon40d,400mm prime lens,f5.6,1/2000sec,iso400,hand held.

[Lana Hays]

Christopher
I like the simplicity of this one......nice BG, love the post, and the little guy is singing for you. The bird and the post both have "character". Well done.

[Dave Mills]

I would crop about half of the post off and a very small amount off the top and left. I feel that will make your center of interest alot stronger.

[John Chardine]

I love this species. Very nice to see one. You have a great background and I think the crop is interesting and unconventional. Here's an alternative. I also cleaned up some jpeg anomalies in the eye and around the body of the bird.

[christopher galeski]

thanks for everybodys comments,john,I prefer abit more fence post,as for the jpegs anomalies,I post for the web as near to the limit of 200kbs as I can,but when I upload on to BPN,it changes the kb to a low quality.thanks.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Christopher,
I like the image and capture. IMO, the perch is a bit over powering....John's repost puts this over the top...:cool:

[christopher galeski]

THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS,I HAVE PUT IT ON AGAIN BY MISTAKE,I HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE KB SIZE RIGHT WITH MY PHOTOS WHEN PUTTING ONTHIS SIGHT,AND I THINK I HAVE GOT IT RIGHT NOW,SHOWING BETTER QUALITY.I PRESSED UPLOAD BUTTON,INSTEAD OF PREVIEW BUTTON.THANKS.