Siberian Stonechat

[Vinay Lakshman]

Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF 500mm F/4
1/1000
F/7.1
ISO 320

[Tony Whitehead]

Typical pose, Vinay. Great colours, perch and BG. I would crop about half the negative space from the top. Sharpening halo along the breast, bill and top of head a re bit obvious but would clean up easily.

[Markus Jais]

I agree with Tony on cropping a bit from the top.
Beautiful shot. Great sharpness and very good exposure with details in the blacks.
I like the light and the perch. I would clone out the small distracting stem at the bottom behind the perch.

Markus

[Stu Bowie]

We have a lot of these guys here in SA. Super pose, and overall sharp, and well exposed. I like the BG too.

[Colin Knight]

Agree with cropping off some of the top of the frame. You did very well controlling the details in the dark areas. Great subect isolation too! Well done. :)

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet stonechat image. Fantastic expo and BG.
I agree that you could take off a bit of the top and also would consider clonning out the off perch.