Vermilion Flycatcher

[Lorant Voros]

My Wife and I just got back from a trip where we mixed work with a few days of vacation traveling through many beautiful places of Mexico with our cameras by our sides. Here is a picture of a Vermilion Flycatcher from Chiapas. Hope you like it.

1DMKIII
500mm
ISO800
F:8
1/250
Flash+BB
handheld

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and background, love the head turn. Maybe a little more contrast? (Szep kep.:))

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

OH! how I wish we had these bitrds in the Northwest.! Great pose and colors.

[Markus Jais]

Great colors and beautiful soft light. Wonderful BG. I agree with Karl about adding a little more contrast.

Markus

[Harold Davis]

just beautiful for me. i like it as presented. well done!! btw, nice job on the reds!

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice pose. I like the diagonal perch. Cool looking bird!

[Ofer Levy]

Nice shot indeed! Lovely pose, eye contact and shooting angle. I garee with Karl regarding more contrast or a slight levels adjustment.

[Steve Canuel]

Beautiful bird and another well done on the reds.

[James Salywoda]

Its a beauty I'd pull down the midtones a touch. Excellent Job!

[Mack Hicks]

Excellent job on a difficult subject. It is so hard to get the good details in the red crown. How much did you have to tone down the red channel?

[Lorant Voros]

Excellent job on a difficult subject. It is so hard to get the good details in the red crown. How much did you have to tone down the red channel?

Thank you everyone for the comments.

In ACR I toned down the saturation and the luminosity of the RED and Orange channels to -10. Than with the Adjustment Brush I toned down all the spots that were still toasted.