Female Blackheaded Grosbeak

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

40D, Canon 100-400@300mm, 1/800 f 7.1, ISO 320 Distance about 7 feet.

[Randy Stout]

Arsdel:

Sharp on the head and eye, nice head angle.

Some noise in the background, and a noticeable halo around the back and tail. I find the BG on the right a bit too bright and distracting, esp. the yellow/orange patch.

This is an individual thing, but I think the bird is a bit too big in the frame. Artie usually talks about 65-70% of the frame filled by bird, and this one looks a bit too tight to me.

Thanks for sharing!

Randy

[Stephen Stephen]

Ardsel nice capture. I like the sharpness of the head, bill and eye and the colour on the breast. I'll agree with Randy about the size of the bird in the frame. It's a touch too tight for me as well but it is your image.

What are the colours in the upper RHC from? Fall leaves?

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful species , agreed with Randy here
TFS

[Phil Liew]

Arsdal, sometimes good things come big and this one is in the frame. As you have mentioned 7 feet from you so I guess not too much choice to re-set that zoom earlier. You have lots of details and also a halo around the back and tail suggesting a trifle too much USM perhaps. The different coloured bg is a bit of a distraction to me but otherwise a colourful species.

[Doug Brown]

Hi Ardsel. I like the head turn and the sharp eye. I agree that the bird is a little too tight in the frame. I would have liked to see a bit more of the bird in focus too. Randy makes some good points about the halo and the BG distractions. Thanks for posting!