Male Pine Grosbeak

[Melvin Grey]

Another image from my trip to Churchill, Manitoba. A very striking new bird for me - not quite the clear BG that most people seem to prefer but this was the clearest I could get, as the birds were feeding in these larches.

Camera - Canon Mk111, 500 f4L IS plus TC2. EXP. 1/1600 @ f11, ISO 800

[Alfred Forns]

Bird looks very good Melvin, framed well within the branches, fine head angle and sharp. Any minor cleaning up is just personal taste and I like it as presented !!!!

[Doug Brown]

The bird looks great with a nice pose, good eye contact and excellent sharpness. I like the inclusion of habitat, but I'd remove or soften the visual impact of the stuff behind the tail feathers. Congrats on a nice image!

[Nate Chappell]

Very pretty Alan, I like the colors and the natural habitat.

[Art Kornienko]

Agree with the others Alan, colours and natural habitat are great, maybe some minor clean up and would have liked to see the head a bit sharper.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very lovely image and I like the blue in the BG as contrasted with grosbeak. Beautiful natural surroundings make this a very appealing image.