This lovely sharpie landed by our bird feeders. He patrolled our backyard for 3 days in a row and hasn't come back since. The first day he perched on our wooden fence. This allowed for a great clean BG but the fence wasn't very photogenic. The second day, he landed in a tree but the BG was full of tree limbs. Finally, on the 3rd day he landed in a more favorable spot. Still some specular highlights but I like this one as he looked directly at me. I'm not sure if I should selectively brighten the bird a bit more?
Canon 7D
100-400mm at 400mm
Subject distance about 8 feet
ISO 200
SS 1/360
F 5.6
Full frame
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Sometimes you just need to sit back and enjoy the moment and forget about the photos
I would brighten the eyes on the bird some along with pushing the contrast some more in the chest area where you see the red feathers. I would also like to see the shot without the sticks behind the bird as well. 


