Eastern Spinebill

[Craig Miller]

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)

Bored hot boxing day afternoon, taken in my back yard, using my workshop as a hide. :a8:

Full frame, levels, slight sharpen.

EXIF:
Model: Canon EOS 40D
Shutter Speed: 1/160 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 600 mm
ISO Speed: 800

Cheers.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely pose, light and BG, Craig. A little more DOF would have been nice but you were already at ISO 800 and 1/160s. Have tried a crop to decentre the bird and then burnt in the perch and left side to try and balance the darkness in the BG on the right. Some noise and JPG artifact in the BG probably from the slightly small file size - posting as close to the 200Kb limit will help minimise this.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great eye contact, beautiful bird and good BG, too. Another vote for de-centering the bird. What is the white part in the plumage above the eye? Keep them coming!

[Craig Miller]

Thanks Tony, I quite like the repost I'll have a play with the full file when I get some free time. Unfortunately the bird was a litle tight in frame @600 (rarely happens) I'll try adding some cavas to the right and repost.

Axel, the white marking on the birds head looks to me like dust or dirt.

Cheers
Craig.

[Craig Miller]

Repost with above suggestions. Thanks again for the input.

Craig.

[Robert O'Toole]

Good job Craig. The sharpness is first rate and the BG looks great. I like it.

I prefer the rectangle crop over the square but I agree with the de-centering. Maybe use the first and push the subject to the left?

Robert

[Tony Whitehead]

Good job, Craig.

[Art Kornienko]

The eye focus is outstanding and the reflection in the eye is an added bonus, the colours are super and the bg colour compliments the bird very nice.