Western Meadowlark

[Kurt Bowman]

50D
300mm f/4
1.4 tc
handheld

[Harshad Barve]

What a beautiful shot , lovely pose , compo and BG
TFS

[Paul Kusmin]

Really nice pose you've captured here, great bird and great perch.
A bit more saturation and a touch more contrast, perhaps?
I would also trim a bit off the left side.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely posture and perch, and background is perfect! I agree that a little more mid-tone contrast might be a good idea.

[jfranciskay]

I really like this shot. On my screen the contrast is fine, but the head/eyes are not as sharp as the body. I like the colors, especially the density of the yellow. I like the crop, although I would probably crop the whole thing just a little tighter. The color in the BG is great! Only other thing is there is no catchlight in the eye, but it still manages to come though ok.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the singing pose you captured here Kurt. The eye looks a little flat but it is still an overall beauty!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love the singing pose here !!

[Arthur Morris]

Loverly image design, BKGR, pose, and framing but with bird photography you need to get everything right not just most.... Jim Kay nailed the problem--the head is soft, likely in part due to subject movement (the singing) but also due to lack of d-o-f as the bird's head is slightly angled away....

How did you get so close with a 300???????