Roadrunner

[Robert Holguin]

Hello everyone. Well I was lucky enough to bump int o this fellow/gal. It let me get very close. Could not the whole bird so I went for a head shot. I know background is a tad busy, but I have never been so close to roadrunner. Almost FF cropped a tad from the left, adjusted highlights, darkened background, and sharpened.
C&C welcomed and enocuraged.
Nikon 300s l Nikon 300F4 l ISO 320 l 300mm l 1/1250 l F5.6 l Multi Segment l Manual l HH out car window.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait. Nice details. Even though background is busy looking good for camouflaging the bird.

[Sachin Saraf]

Excellent Portrait Robert...Nice Eye contact...BG is busy and little distracting, but tight portrait minimizes it..Still I would try and blur BG a bit if mine...I will also back out on sharpening a bit...

[gail bisson]

Hi Robert,
What a great moment it must have been to be so close to this bird. I like the composition and the bird looks good but the BG is just too busy for my taste. I like the blue feathers around the eye- very cool. I agree with Sachin that it is a tad oversharpened,
Gail

[Roger Clark]

Robert,
Do you recall the sharpening parameters you used? Perhaps it might have had too large of a radius?

Roger

[dankearl]

Great job getting this close to a pretty elusive bird.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all very much for your comments and suggestion. Very much appreciated.