Red Crossbill

[Terry Olmsted]

A fairly rare arrival in our neighborhood.
Taken June 23rd morning light
Canon 40D 400mm 5.6L 1/3200s f5.6 ISO 400 Av partial metering ec0 one-shot AF

[Morkel Erasmus]

super exposure and detail here Terry! pin sharp with strong comp - I would maybe clone out the bush at bottom left if you are okay with doing stuff like that. that being said, I would even consider cloning out the whole RHS bush as well to make the bird stand out more (although that will take some patience ;))

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp with a perfect EX and a perfect HA. You did well in relatively bright overhead sun. Man, those birds have big heads!

[Terry Olmsted]

A million thanks for the comments and suggestions, Morkel and Artie.
Terry

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find, good pose and details. You could try to lighten the eye a bit and i might sharpen a bit less.

[Terry Olmsted]

Great suggestions, Axel - thanks. :) I should have left the sharpening as shot.
Terry

[Mital Patel]

is this a full frame ?
if not then i would suggest you to not crop so close to make it portrait which shows some noise and detail loss.

exposure and everything is so good except i found some pixel's disturbance.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks for your suggestion, Mital. It is not full frame - the level of crop is
always a decision point for me. I'll play with the image a bit more.
Terry