Curve-billed Thrasher

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

This is a 20 year resident in our Cholla cactus. Love these fierce guys with the evil eye!

Comments and redos always welcome & appreciated

Gus

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 225 mm. Gitzo GM3550 MonoPod
AP: F/6.3, 1/640s, ISO 100, -1.30eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB PP in LFR3 & CS5

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi;

Took a smidge off the brightness from OP, which I prefer.

Gus

[pat lillich]

hey Gus, beautiful as always - love the detail on his chest and that gorgeous gold eye and bg. That curved bill gives him such a funny expression.

[Ben_Sadd]

Very nice pose and composition Gus. The feathers look a little smooth again and there seems to be a few pp artifacts nest to the throat and under the beak.

Nice work in general though and I prefer the repost, and perhaps even a touch more off would work.

[Svante Larsson]

Hej Gus

I agree that he sure looks like a guy with an evil eye :). Otherwise a very nice image and I really like the repost.
Still agree with Ben that there seems to be some artifacts close to the throat and the beak. Possibly also something on the birds back.

[Johan Kruger]

nicely done Gus, like the eye and the beak. Dont think ive seen these before

[Jon Saperia]

I too love this image. I like the second post better though. If the head were turned a degree more towards the camera, I think I would find it a bit more engaging.

/jon

[Julie Kenward]

You read my mind with that repost, Gus! Looking at the greens in the BG and the color of the bird's feathers, I think I see a lean to the red side throughout the image. Try using a color balance adjustment to bring up the greens and lower the reds and see what you think...

Beautiful pose and lovely diagonal on the composition!