Female Red Crossbill

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

40D, Canon 100-400@400mm, 1/250 f 9.0, ISO 800/ HA not so good but I liked it anyway.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good subject and nice BG. Unfortunately the bad HA and tight framing at bottom (clipped toes are a no-no) and left hurt the image. Looks like a tame individual - perhaps it'll give you another chance!

[Dave Leroy]

I agree with Daniel that the clipped toes and tail and ha take away from a lot of potential.

Photo is very sharp with lots of detail and well exposed.

Is this a local bird Arsdel? I have not seen of heard of them in this area before. We are probably less than 100 miles North of you so not far.

Dave

[James Shadle]

Cool bird, my first look at one.
The image is just too tight. That's a problem that is very easy to fix in the future, zoom out.
And of course you mentioned the head angle - however you sure get a good look at the crossed bill.

The subject is interesting, sharp and well exposed.
I really like the background and perch.

Bottom line, re-creating this image would be more than worthwhile.

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

es, this is a local bird. They migrate through here.