Male Red Crossbill

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

40D, Canon 100-400@285mm, 1/250 f 14., ISO 400

[Tony Whitehead]

NIce colours and impressive bill, Arsdel. Head angle facing away is a minus and the bright leaves in the BG a bit of a distraction. A wider aperture would probably have been a better choice to blur out the BG. Fine tuning your selections/masking is important as there is a very obvious sharp delineation between the sharp and blurred perch

[Harshad Barve]

such a colorful bird with amazing beak , agreed with Tony here
TFS

[wendell westfall]

Arsdel, never saw one, but it looks aptly named. Focus seems to be on its feet, not its head. Good positioning of the bird in the frame.