Blue-faced Honeyeater

[Gerard Satherley]

Entomyzon cyanotis

This is an immature bird which has yet to develop the full blue facial skin.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 500mm f/4 VR + 1.4 TC., f/8.0, 1/2000, ISO 400, -0.67 EBV

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful my friend! Saw it on your fantastic website!

[Ivan Sjögren]

Fantastic bird and image. Good feather details, comp, pose and perch. Like the trees in the bg, make's it more interesting then a blue with just sky.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Another new one for me, I like it! Perhaps a bit more detail can be extracted from the black under the chin (looks like its pretty blocked though), but all else looks great.

[Jim Neiger]

Very nice Gerard. I like the pose and position of the head. The colors in the face are wonderful. I like the bg too. I had the opportunity to see and photograph this species when I visited Australia. Cool bird! Since, you had plenty of light, I think it would heave helped to stop down more. This may have allowed you to get the bird's tail and the bottom of the branch in focus. A lot of DOF is needed when photographing small birds large in the frame, particularly at very long focal lengths.

[Aidan Briggs]

What a great bird! Great exposure, pose, and BG. Well done!

[Arthur Morris]

I am enjoying this one immensely as presented. Amazing colors and I love the head position. If it fits with your personal ethics you might consider getting rid of the nub on the branch in front of the bird and smoothing/shortening the jagged one by the far rear claw. All in all superb.