Marsh Harrier

[Vinay Lakshman]

Canon EOS 1D MkIII
Canon EF 500mm F/4

1/100 sec
F/5
ISO 400
exp +2/3

The white spots near the bird's body are loose feathers that came off while it was preening .

[Scott Frye]

Bird is sharp with an interesting pose. I would clean up the background a bit -- especially the leaves at the edge of the left side. The perch is interesting but the picture may be stronger if you were to clone about 50% off the bottom of the perch.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat bird, looks rather unhappy! Nice BG, and the perch has nice curves and textures. Although I don't mind the comp I do agree with Scott about the leaves at left. About the white spots: I would eliminate them because of the fact we likely need your explanation of what they are. You could keep them if the photo was of the bird actually preening.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Cool pose and very strong eye contact in this image. Ditto the above comments. Love the varying soft colors in the BG. Many thanks for sharing.

[Angad Achappa]

Like the BG here, and love this image for the simple fact, that you've got it on a lovely perch(which in our area is very rare). The sharpness on the bird is good. Overall a lovely image.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the comp, and eye contact in this. The curved perch adds interest, and I would maybe remove the two leaves on the LHS.