Female Painted Bunting

[Gayle Clement]

The showy male is fun to photograph but the female has her own beauty. The tendrils near her tail are a problem.

Nikon D700, Nikon 500mm f/4. Nikon Teleconverter 14TC-EII
ISO 400, 1/360s, EV -0.33, Focal length 700, f/5.6

Comments and critique welcome and appreciated.

[Scott Frye]

The tendrits are not much of problem for me -- the cobwebs add a little to the picture. Singing pose is great and background complements the bird. Good job

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the singing pose and eye contact. There seems to be a lack of fine detail, is it a heavy crop? If not, how did you sharpen the bird? Good to see the female, there haven't been many posts of female painted buntings.

[Gayle Clement]

It was a pretty big crop, Axel. I liked the pose so much I couldn't pass it up.