Durian Redstart

[Bob Thompson]

11th December 2009, Pui O, Hong Kong

Canon 7D, Canon 400mm f5.6 lens & Canon 1.4x TC

Bob Thompson

iso 800, 1/800 sec f5.6

[Amy Marques]

Great looking perch here! I might have cropped up just a bit to remove that tiny extra piece of perch along the bottom. Also the image appears to have a slight blue color cast.

[Bob Thompson]

Thanks Amy for the suggestion of the crop and I will look at blue cast

Bob

PS: Sorry I am not sure about reposting shots, if it is restricted by time limit, if so I will delete this repost

[Amy Marques]

I tried my hand at removing the blue color cast. I hope you like it. :)

[Bob Thompson]

Thanks Amy for the good work.

Bob

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely shot of this stunning bird! Techs look spot on to me. I don't really see a blue cast in the original but I quite like your slightly warmer repost. Amy's repost has a noticeable reddish cast on my monitor.
I would however like to see some more room around the bird - especially at the top.

[John Blumenkamp]

Hi Bob... beautiful capture, and the techs looks great to me too. I also thought a little more room along the top might be nice when first viewing the image. Great work... hope to see more.

[Harshad Barve]

one beautiful image and nice repost by Amy
TFS

[Juan Aragonés]

Bob I like your composition. Regarding the BG, I like the upper part of the frame but the light areas in the center of the frame are a bit distracting. Sometimes, an slight variation of the shooting angle in the field can produce a great improvement in the BGs

[Bonnie Block]

Very nice, Bob. Beautiful bird. Ideally, I would like to see it with a more eye towards us.

[Nate Chappell]

Nice bg, perch and great detail in the bird. A little more room on the top for me.