I took this image of a stretching Eastern Meadowlark with a Canon 7D with a Canon 600mm f/4.0 lens and a Canon 1.4x III teleconverter. My ISO was 500, aperture was f/5.6, shutter speed was 1/640, and an EV of +0.67. It was shot from my car with the lens resting on the door with the window all the way down. Nothing has been added or removed but was cropped to some extent.
This is a very fun pose, morning aerobics for him. I might loosen the framing just a bit on the left and top, he looks a bit crowded.
To my eye, the sharpest part of the image is that foot. Not sure where the camera focus point was, but the head looks a bit soft. Possibly some slight motion blur as well, but uncertain.
I agree with Randy's comments. Give him a bit more room behind him if you can. I like the wing stretch giving you a bit more of his feather pattern than you might see in just a standing pose. TFS
Mike, yes to a more loose crop. pose is excellent...and good job getting parallel. I think you were working with too thin DOF range. Looks like you were quite close.....stopping down would have covered the bird better. I'd have increased the ISO to be able to achieve that.
Great shot, but I think I would like more room in the back and the at the top. I think if you give the bird a bit more space (in other word, the bird is a bit smaller in the frame), the slight motion blur is not as noticeable, IMO. The room in front of the bird looks fine to me. As Randy mentioned above, the focus is off, and it looks like it's more toward the wing tip and the right foot area.
Eastern Meadowlark
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