Pintailed Whydah

[Stu Bowie]

There is not much option to comp this guy with his long tail.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM
1/640
F/6.3
ISO 640

Hand held

[Ken Watkins]

Excellent image of a bird that normally does not sit still very long . There was a wonderful posting last year of this bird in flight.
A little more sharpening and perhaps a little more saturation would probably improve this image.

[Bob Shaw]

Wonderful subject Stuart! Nice BG and comp, but agree with the others... probably more of a saturation problem, but does need minor sharpening IMO... careful, starting to halo allready. Nice capture!

[Alex Mody]

I think the composition is perfect. Well, I wouldn't have done it any other way, at least. This is a beautiful bird, and you did a good job photographing it.

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto sharpening. Also needs more contrast. Really nice one stu well done

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for all the input. Here is my repost. Ive added a slight saturation, and darkened the BG. There is really not much I can do with regards to sharpening, as this guy is really small, and this already a fair crop.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, great BG and the sharpness in the repost makes it even better. I would only try to remove the artifacts in the BG.

[Mark Dumbleton]

All been said, but wanted to say I like the comp and that is 1 killer BG!
Well done Stuart!

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the positive crits, and feedback.