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[Giulio Zanni]

Shot at 1/800 f5.6, 400 iso, 560mm, 1D MkIV + 400/2.8 IS + 1.4 TC.

Thanks for looking, Giulio

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Very nice indeed. so neat and tidy. The DOF, head turn, pose, food-in-mouth, BG, colors.....loved everything here. Congrats.

[Julie Brown]

Giulio, this is beautiful. Outstanding color and BG. It looks very sharp to me, and I like the pose with the prey.

[Nate Chappell]

Hey bud this is awesome!! :cool: Did you change back to Canon?

[Giulio Zanni]

Kaustubh, Julie, thanks! Hey Nate, thanks! Yes I recently moved back to Canon and I am enjoying every bit of it :)

[Dan Busby]

A beautiful bird in a dreamy setting. Very nice Giulio! I like the angles and food in mouth.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent details, beautiful perch, BG and food item adds more. well done!

[EdNguyen]

What a colorful bird! Very nice perch and background. I would crop tigher from the bottom right to de-center the bird, and brighten the shadow of the tail.

Ed

[Krijn Trimbos]

Mighty fine detail and colours captured! Love the food item. I am unsure about the composition here, the way the perch is situated in the frame makes it feel as if the bird is too big in frame. I don't know how to remedy this here, so I'll just leave it at terrific shot!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I am unsure about the composition here, the way the perch is situated in the frame makes it feel as if the bird is too big in frame. I don't know how to remedy this here, so I'll just leave it at terrific shot!

Krijn, my first thought was also that the bird looked a bit big in the frame - so you are on to something here.

Giulio, if this is cropped I'm sure that adding back some canvas at left and top would remedy this. Otherwise everything else, from techs to post-processing, looks A-1!! Well done.

[Fabs Forns]

I think it is the brach that's pushing the bird out of the picture. Really nicely done, great light, detail and action, all come together for a great image. Adding some canvas should not be difficult.

[Hendri Venter]

Great detail, colours and comp. Food a nice bonus. Well done.

[Simon Bennett]

Nice capture - sharp, good eye conact, wonderful colours.

[Giulio Zanni]

Thanks for comments and suggestions.

Giulio