E. Bluebird II

[Ilija Dukovski]

Same bird and plant as in my previous post. This time I included more of the plant.
I wished for a bit more friendly light here. CC appreciated.

Nikon D80 300mm+TC1.4 f/5.6 1/1600 Matrix AP-2/3 ISO400

[Harshad Barve]

wonderful looking bird and nice BG , not much sure about inclusion of plant , if IQ stands I many crop 1/3rd of plant from bottom
TFS

[Samuel Mulder]

Ilija, I agree with Harshad that the bird and bg are wonderful. The dead sunflower is pretty dominant in the image, giving it an odd feel. I'd play around with cropping a bit more out as he suggested. With such a beautiful bird, you really want him to be the center of attention.

Samuel

[Brian Barcelos]

Ilija, great exposure and wonderful light. I like the BG and placement of the bird. I'd crop up to just a little above the yellow on the bottom flower and clone out the two lower leaves. Other than that a nice image.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the light, the crop and colours bhai, great BG too, the perch is bit over powering.. still loved this congrats..

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you for the CC. This crop was a direct response to comments on my previous post.
That one was more along the lines suggested by you here. I'm glad we have a broad range of oppinions.
Thanks again.

[denise ippolito]

Ilija, The bird and the BG are great so is the sunflower. I feel that the sunflower is hard to crop. I would probably crop to the middle of the right lower leaf and clone the clipped parts left behind of that leaf along w/ the rest of the bud on the left. Either way it is a lovely image.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank Denise,
I will try your suggestions, appreciated very much.

[Glenda Simmons]

I have not seen the other post, yet, that you mentioned, but agree with others that less of the flower will put this young man in the spotlight. My favorite bird! Great image.