Looking-over-the-shoulder Sharpie

[Richard Stern]

This was high in a tree in our yard recently, hence the steep angle. But I thought the bird had a nice look anyway. I had to clone away some oof branches.

D7000, 300 f/4 AF-S + 1.7TC. Hand-held. 1/1000, f/6.7, ISO 360.

Thanks for looking,

Richard

[gail bisson]

Hi Richard,
Happy New Year and good to see you posting here! You are right about the steep angle but one has to take what one can. I like the diagonal line created by the branch and the uncluttered BG. I also like the position of the sharpie between the buds. I see a fair bit of noise on the tail and would do some selective NR.I am trying to figure out why because your ISO is only 320. Is this a big crop?
I might also clone out the lower branch,
Gail