Fall Migrant

[Joe Senzatimore]

Captured this AM while honing the set up skills learned from Alan in Texas last year. It's a work in progress.

1000ISO f5.6 at 1/500th

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, soft light, perch and BG. Maybe a bit of NR on the BG and I would sharpen the body and head of the bird some more.

[Ben Egbert]

Looks good to me. Sharp, nice perch and background, and I like the wing tip blur. Not sure, but the beak looks ever so slightly soft? Probably just me. Might be the angle or small image size.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Joe,
I am enjoying this image very much - I love the pose and the perch and the soft BG colours work very well for me.
Regards,
Nicki

[denise ippolito]

Joe, This is a well designed image. I like the perch and the pose very much. BG colors are great. I could go either way w/ the sharpening.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the overall feel to this image, and the comp is perfect. To my eye the face and chest/belly do suffer a bit from subject motion blur (see compared to the perch). Still, great timing on your part.

[Doug Brown]

You're definitely on the right track Joe. The missing ingredient here was more ambient light; more shutter speed would have helped you nail this one.

[Michael Zajac]

Nice composition and pose . Great action captured. A bit soft.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Really love the image. Composition, exposure, background, pose... Yes, there is a bit of motion blur but still a fantastic image IMO. Congrats, JR

[subramanya_ck]

Excellent Timing

[Harshad Barve]

lovely compo , expo and BG
TFS

[Danny Laredo]

Super timing. The perch pose and BG are sweet. Agree on another round of sharpening.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the take off pose, and a cool looking perch too. I like the light, and agree to maybe sharpen him a tad. Well captured Joe.