Northern Wheatear...

[Jóhannes Gunnar]

I found this little guy while hiking in north Iceland just a few days ago...

I found at least 4 breeding pairs with lots of newly fledged youngs in the same place as this one...



D300 + Sigma 50-500 on a beanbag...

F/8
ISO 400
1/200

Cheers! :D

[Rich Steel]

Hi Johannes

I am really fond of Northern Wheatear which we get passing through here during spring and a few autumn birds just starting to appear. The males in spring colours are beautiful birds but not the easiest to get close to often. This looks like a youngster and not the neatest looking one I have seen. A well balanced composition on the photo and the exposure, sharpness, clean background with soft colours and DOF add up to a fine photograph. The only change I would consider would be to remove the purple patch on the rock which draws the eye a little.

Cheers

Rich

[Daniel Cadieux]

Overall quite nice, but I'm finding the image a tad bright. Darkening the midtones a bit would be beneficial to your image IMO. Once every few years one of these shows up here in the fall and causes quite a stir among the birding community :-)

[Milan V]

Agree with Daniel, look a little too bright for me to.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, sharpness and BG. I agree with Rich regarding removing the purple spot on the rock.

[Harshad Barve]

nicely balanced image , I may tone dowm brightness and agrred on purple patch
TFS

[Jóhannes Gunnar]

Thanks for the comments! :-)

I toned it down a little and removed that purple patch and it looks better! Thanks!