Grey Fantail are friendly little birds of the Australian bush. This one was photographed in a nearby woodland reserve.
Canon 40D, EF500 f/4 + 1.4 tc, tripod, evaluative, ec -2/3, Av, ISO200, f/9, 1/250, a bit cropped from right, also removed an oof twig partly covering perch below bird, and another at upper right corner.
Nice eye contact and BG. Perch looks a little bright so I might tone that down a bit. A bit of a scruffy individual - is this maybe a newly fledged youngster that hasn't quite achieved it's full adult plumage yet?
I ditto the two excellent critiques above. Could this bird have just finished bathing?
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Thank you all for your comments. Regarding the scruffy state of the plumage, I think it's an immature (indicated by brownish tones) moulting into adult plumage (see the dark grey/white wing coverts and emerging black primary). It's been a long hot summer down here, so no water for bathing at this particular site.
Grey Fantail
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