Lapland Longspur

[Jan Wegener]

HI

This was one of the shots I really wanted to get on my trip to northern Norway. I thought it would be not so hard to get them, but when we arrived there the breeding season was almost over and these lovely little birds were quite skittish.
This was the only good shot of a male I could get... :)
However, I am quite satisfied with the result
I added a little bit of canvas and deleted a dark spot on the bill

I really have problems with the 146 kb...

1D Mark IIn + 4/600 L IS + 2x TC

[Alan Murphy]

My kind of shot. Just beautiful Jan.

[hugh robateau]

Beautiful shot, Jan! I like the colors, background, pose....Very nice.

[Jim Poor]

Very nice. Really sharp and the colors in the foreground match well with the bird. Sweet1

[Simon Bennett]

Wonderful image Jan - super crisp and I like detail in blacks and whites. The foreground is nice too.

[John Cooper]

A great capture Jan - only one nit from me and that is the dark eye surrounded by a black head. Lightening the eye to make it more dominant would work best for me.

[Linda Robbins]

Lovely image Jan - just perfect.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful setting, details, pose and BG. I have never seen one in full breeding plumage around here. Is the chest plumage gray or white?

[Alfred Forns]

Lovely in every respect Very appealing and perfect from my end !!!! Big Congrats !!!!

[Del Cockroft]

All above have said it all. Beautiful image.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Mate I don't understand why you posted this technically bad, and unsharp and fuzzy image!:D:D:D
Don't worry I'm just kidding. This is perfect as usual.:p:p:p

Szimi

[Doug Brown]

Well done Jan. I like the complimentary colors of the bird and the rest of the image.