Magpie

[Petros Petrou]

Picture taken in Athens, Greece

Canon 350D , EF 300 f/4L IS + EF 1.4x II extender

1/160, f/5.6, ISO 400, -1/3 EV, handheld

Thanks for looking. Comments are welcome and appreciated.

[Jim Poor]

Really nice exposure control on the white & black.
All that green seems to have caused a bit of color cast that carries over into the black. It goes beyond the refraction from the feathers I think.

There also looks to be a little bit of halo about center in front of the breast.

[Fabs Forns]

Although I'm not a big fan of perching birds in the ground, I could live with this one. Great use of depth of field and good separation of the eye from the mask, the image could go a tad lighter in my opinion and the bird is placed nicely in the frame. Shame the feet are covered.

[Robert Amoruso]

I agree with Fabs on the crop and lightening up the image.

[Stephen Stephen]

Magpies don't seem to be posted at many forums but I do like to see them. I might have cropped this just a little tighter. I'd also echo the comments from Fabs and Robert about the brightness. It would bring out the blue on the wing a bit more if the image were lighter.

[Maxis Gamez]

Besides other comments and critiques, I would add more sharpening to the image and maybe fill flash for the next time.

[Petros Petrou]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I will try to lighten up the image a bit and see how it works.

Petros