Spotted Flycatcher

[Rich Steel]

Hi

First time I have managed to put one of these birds in front of the camera. More by luck than judegement though!!



Taken with 1Dmk3 with 500mm lens on tripod from pop-up hide. Taken at ISO400 F5.6 1/100s +0.33 EV with evaluative metering.

Cheers

Rich

[Ramon M. Casares]

Outstanding! BG is superb, perch is fantastic, great pose, prey, detail, sharpness, light and colors, I would only consider to tone down the thail's bright edge as I find it a tad distracting.
Big congratulatons on a stunning shot!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

A real fly-catcher :)
Nice image. Sharpness is nice and focus is on the eye. Exciting perch adds.

Szimi

[Octavio Campos Salles]

With the fly in the bill... fantastic!

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice image with the beautiful BG and sharpness. I like the perch; I'd crop off a little on the left side, just the have the entire perch sharp.....just my personal taste. Very well done.

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful image, Rich and the perch is fantastic! So nice to see something other than a dry twig. I agree about the tail feathers - I'd tone down the bright edge also. Lovely details and exposure.

[Kobus Tollig]

Great shot. Great bg comp and catch a bonus. Was this a big crop. Looks to have lost a bit of detail

[Stu Bowie]

Rich, excellent exposure, with good detail. I like the perch, and I can see a vertical crop in this. His catch a bonus.

[Rich Steel]

Thanks for replies and suggestions. The image is not much of a crop at all but was taken in relatively poor light hence the low shutter speed. The toning down of the white tail border is an interesting suggestion.

Cheers

Rich