Little Wattle Bird: about to leave...

[Don Berendsen]

About 1/3 of a second after this shot this Little Wattle Bird was leaving as seen in the next frame of a sequential series here: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=40590 .


Olympus E-3; 50-200mm @ 130mm, 1/800, F5.0, ISO 200, Saturation 0, Contrast & Sharpness -1, Spot metering, Aperture priority, auto gradation and w/b.

Sharpened and slight saturation enhancement in PS. Cropped to about 60% of original image.





Thanks for taking a look.

All C&C welcome.

[Markus Jais]

I like the pose and the head turn. Good sharpness and light.
I find the BG a bit too distracting but you made the best of it.

Markus

[Simon Bennett]

I like the typical pose and detail about the head. Good job the get the bird free of foliage.

[Erich Stevens]

The BG isn't ideal of course but the colors are pleasing to the eye and the bird still pops off thanks to all that amazing detail. Beautiful species. Great work!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I don't mind the lower part of the frame, I just wish the top part wasn't mottled with white sky peeking through the leaves. I also wish the long twig reaching out to the tail wasn't there. If this is part of a setup you can easily prune that out ;-) Very cool looking species - I love the striking plumage, and I like the curved pose it gave you before flying away.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, eye contact and sharpness. Adding to the other comments, it could go a bit brighter for my taste, maybe some midtone adjustment?

[Ramon M. Casares]

BG is not ideal, I agree, but pose, detail and species are great IMO. I agree with the comments above.
Congratulatons.

[Don Berendsen]

Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions. I've been paying more attention to backgrounds, so much to learn!