backed Shrike

[A_Maddah]

D300-Sigma 150-500 @500mm-f/8-1/250Sec-Iso320

[Arthur Morris]

A cute, colorful little shrike. SH with a nice EXP and good detail in the blacks. The branch that shoots out past the main perch was bad luck as it introduces many distrating elements.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nice shot, colorful bird, the light reflection on the head could be a distraction was the light from the side? Always try and get your shadow pointed at the subject. Maybe a tad soft too, general rule is the shutter should be 1/focal length=1/500 (not 1/250). Increasing ISO and/or opening up aperture would have helped. Beautiful bird, it must have been a joy seeing him/her in the viewfinder.

[stephen farmer]

A nice shot there does appear to be a Halo around the birds head though.


Steve.

[Doug Brown]

Agree with Artie's comments. I think fill flash would have helped here. I would add a bit of canvas to the left.