Cape Grassbird

[Ignacio Yufera]

A Cape endemic, shot at Cape of Good Hope National Park, South Africa.

Canon 1D MkIII, Canon 800 f/5.6; 1/1000 @ f/5.6, ISO 500

[Aiden Blake]

Really nice lighting and exposure. I like pretty much everything about this photo, but something about the way the branch is "posed" in the frame bugs me. Maybe I'd rather see more, or see less, of the branch, but since I can't put a finger on it then that usually means it's not an important part of the overall image.

Nice capture.

[Ignacio Yufera]

Thanks Aiden. I agree, I thought about including the whole fork, but then the bird would have appeared too small... I also thought about cloning out the left branch, but didn't want to fumble with that nice BG.

[Ed Schneider]

Excellent species, sharp, nice look-back pose, and amazing BG. Light angle could be better, but everything else makes up for it in my opinion!

I might try a vertical crop with the second branch removed, were it mine:)

Thanks for sharing.

[Fabs Forns]

I like Ed's idea of a vertical. BG is pretty easy to duplicate. Lovely species and light and of course, superb BG.
Enhorabuena!