Little Friarbird

[Dean Ingwersen]

Hi all,

Been a while again, but thought I would share this image I made on the weekend. Little Friarbirds are a species of honeyeater of the woodlands of eastern and northern Australia. Quite underrated birds I think.

Canon 50D, 500 f/4, 1.4x TC, f/5.6, ISO 500, 1/250, AV @ +1
PS CS3 - usual levels, highlights, curves, sat, etc.

Thanks for looking.

cheers, Dean

[Harshad Barve]

lovely species , expo , BG , HA and sharpness , nicely perched , Wish for some space in RH side but do not bother me much
TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice - and quite the alert pose! I would raise the colour temp a bit, and I agree with a small amount more canvas at right (as posted you only need about 1/4" for the tip of the tail). I do wish for a slightly better HA. I love the winding curvature of the perch.

[Dean Ingwersen]

Thanks for the comments...incorporated into this repost. Much improved already!

cheers, Dean

[Harshad Barve]

Repost looks improved
TFS

[Fabs Forns]

Very cool bird and tight on the right as mentioned. I love the soft (in a good way :) ) feel to the image. Repost is much better.

[Simon Bennett]

I like the alert pose, perch and lovely tones of background. Sharp too. Looks like you got some nice diffuse light. Sharp too.

[Colin Driscoll]

Lovely soft light shows the subtle colours well. Great perch as well. Repost is better!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi Dean
Repost is a big improvement mate. Love the clean BG and perch. Great looking species I am yet to see in the wild. Hope all is well with ya! :)
Cheers

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good job on the repost Dean!

[Rob Drummond]

Nice one Dean - you're correct, an underrated bird but that is hard to make look good in a photo. You've managed marvellously. Really like the typical eucalpyt perch

cheers
Rob

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the repost, great looking bird, would have loved a little better HA,still loved the image, congrats...

[Dean Ingwersen]

Thanks all for the comments, much appreciated.