Yellowhammer

[Tony Whitehead]

Got this yellowhammer image this morning. It is my daughter's 16th birthday and we took a walk at the lake with cameras to catch some memories.
Nikon D700
Nikon 500VR+1.4x
ISO800 1/640 f5.6 HH
some cobweb strands and broken twigs cleaned from flax stalk
big crop - approx 25% of full frame

[Bruce Enns]

Stunning image Tony! Great complementary BG, fabulous perch and a great looking, sharp, colourful bird with crest up, all in focus. It's all there!

Congrats on a really excellent image. And happy sixteenth to your daughter!

Cheers!
Bruce

PS Looks like the weather might me a tad nicer there than here!

[John Blumenkamp]

Wow... fantastic detail, quality of light and overall arrangement of subject and perch Tony. Great image all around.

[Ilija Dukovski]

That is one fantastic composition, the deep blue/green BG color is excellent, great detail
on the bird for 25% crop (FX does it nicely here). If I have to find a way to make it better I'd
say just a bit better HA perhaps.
Great one in any case.

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful image! You did well with what looks like less than perfect light.
Just saw it's only 25% of full frame - the Nikon D700 looks like a pretty amazing camera!

[Clement Francis]

Awesome shot of this beauty

[Stu Bowie]

Brilliant IQ Tony, and what a perfect pose. The little guy is pin sharp, and what an interesting looking perch, and all against such a smooth BG. Great capture.

[Gerard Satherley]

Very appealing image Tony. Excellent composition, details and background. Great looking bird.

[Colin Driscoll]

Wonderful comp and colours, tchnically spot-on. I didn't realise that these had been introduced to NZ.

[Kiran Poonacha]

superb tony Bhai, good HA, details, perch and BG.. congrats..

[Randy Stout]

Tony:
Nice colors, pleasant background, but its the shapes of the plant 'pods' which echo the birds shape that makes it special for me. Very nice comp.

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Tony, Fantastic composition, as if you placed it all very carefully. Lovely details and colors.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Tony....really liked the compostion with the perch. Beautiful BG too. My only wish is the lower pod to be as sharp as the other two. But as-is, it is very nice too.

KD

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful Tony, love the comp, perch BG and details on the bird well done