Desert Finch

[Gal Shon]

~ 93% of the original file, 40D 400/f5.6
Iso 200, f/7.1, 1/1600, -0.67

C&C welcome.

[Randy Stout]

Gal:

Sharp bird, well exposed, good low shooting angle. I wish the light angle had been just a bit more behind you, to cut down on the shadows some.

I might consider a crop up from the bottom, approx 1/2 of the OOF brown foreground.

Because the image is dominated by tans/browns, the plants really jump out and pull the attention. I think they should stay, provided some counterpoint to the browns, but I might tone them down just a bit. They tend to really draw my eye from the bird, esp. the clump under the tail.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Ramon M. Casares]

I agree 100% with Randy's suggestion. Fill flash could've been an option IMO.
Lovely pose and detail, BG, coloors and sharpness are great. Congratulations!

[Stu Bowie]

Super low angle Gal. This is pin sharp, and light shows up the detail nicely. I would maybe lighten the eye.

[Simon Bennett]

Great low angle and pose. Also like the shared tones of bird and background.

[Brian Barcelos]

Everyone has pretty much covered all the bases.I especially like the pink feathers on the wing. Excellent.

Brian

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice perspective you got here. Lovely warm tones too. Excellent IQ. I like the vegetation as is, and the small lone one at right provides nice counter-balance to the image. The OOF FG bugs me though, I would crop it almost completely out. You could also eliminate the small light rock in front of the subject. Thanks for sharing this little beauty!

[Harshad Barve]

I ditto Randy here, nice perspective and great angle

Harshad

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Lovely complementary colors. The face of bird is a bit dark. I know it is dark anyway but still a bit dark.
The waterhole could be very productive. :)

Szimi