Isabelline Shrike

[abdulghani]

It was an overcast day and wanted to get a better BG but this is the only best i could get.

Model	Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	560 mm
Exposure Time	1/1000 sec
Aperture	f/8
ISO Equivalent	250
Metering Mode	(-1)

Cheers
Rahil

[Randy Stout]

Rahil:

Striking pose, very sharp, well exposed. Perch isn't the most attractive but is well scaled to the bird.

From a compositional standpoint, all the negative space to the left doesn't add much for me. Because of the direction of gaze, I would want more space to the right. Easy to add canvas here with the neutral background.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

The bird looks great with a nice pose and good eye contact. I agree with Randy about both the perch and the composition. I like the placement of your copyright!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot and it's 3 out of 3 for moving the crop. Excellent detail in all the plumage.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat species, and good pose. Exposure is spot on. Ditto the comp advice, and I also find the bird rather large in the frame. The fine detail looks odd in places...almost a large crop / oversharpened combination type effect. A couple of spots in lower right corner need to be eliminated.

[Mital Patel]

thats a beautiful image. may be a bit more wide and bird in left as its looking way is right would be better choice. IQ is like always superb.