Before I left the office last night, I checked the local bird reports which showed 5 northern wheatear had been sighted on the coast close to home. So I decided to make a quick detour on the commute home to see if I could get a photo or two. The wheatear often stop briefly along the local coast as they make their way north on their migration up from Africa and look particularly good at this time of year in their fresh spring feathers. They have a frustrating habitat of when you get within about 30 yards they will then fly off and land another about 60 yards away in front of you. Anyway a couple of them landed on the rocks that make up the sea wall which gave me a bit of cover to managed to sneak up on one.
Taken with 50D and 500mm lens with 1.4TC at ISO 400 at F7.1 at 1/400s
Fantastic image from subject's pose, to BG, to perch (the lichen adds tremendously to it). All the techs like great too. The white lines along the wings seem week and broken...but I suspect this is what they looked like naturally?
Nice shot. I like the ballance. While the left border area is considerably wider than the right, I feel it does not make the image unbalanced. I would not change it as it appear to open up the space for the bird to move. That is the reason for using the power of space.
Can't think of any major issues I would change. Nice shot.
Northern Wheatear
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