He does look very curious. Lovely light and control of your exposure on the yellows. Your use of fill is seamless, just like I like it! I like the perch and BG, DOF. I would consider removing the one leaf that touches the bird, not the whole stalk, just the terminal leaf.
This might also work as a vertical with just the bird and the greenery to his immediate left.
Another beauty. That Nikon stuff seems to work OK.
nice one Jim. I like it a lot! nice exposure and details, and the subject really pops against the beautiful grey BG. I particularly like how everything (branch, leaves, and bird) are all in the same plane, and therefore sharp throughout.
Hi Jim I like this one more than the one you made a few weeks ago Almost identical but this shows the back side of the bird !!! I like it as presented .. clean simple and elegant !!!
Oh man, this one is really beautifull. :eek::eek: I wouldn´t change a single pixel on th eimage. Love the light, the bird pose and the FANTASTIC composition. Very good job
Love the soft light and the inquisitive pose. I did notice the leaf. If he was there for a while, one stop to the right might have avoided that merge, but then you might have missed the good head turn and other poses as well.
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A) I agree that if I had been able to step to the side a hair, the angle might have been better. However, given that there was a stand of last years dead / dried stinging nettle there and I had gone to the hospital the night previously due to merely brushing against those plants, it wasn't going to happen. There are a few things I cave in to :)
B) I agree fully relative to the gear. Whatever you're most comfortable with and works for you is absolutely the way to go...no matter who made it.
Wow, well ain't that a beauty of an image!! Congrats on such a fine photograph. I'm gonna be very picky here...but I would crop about 1/4 inch off the right to eliminate the minuscule thorn peeking into the frame at LRC. I don't know how you will be able to top anything from this species :-)
I agree with your reccomendation to crop the far right hand side. I actually might have cropped even a tad bit more than you suggested, but my concern was that prhaps folks would then find the bird too far to the right toward the edge of the frame.