An oddly dangling branch is spruced up with freshly fallen snow and a beautiful male |Evening Grosbeak. Subject was enticed close with a plate of black sunflower seeds.
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, eye work, minor bill clean up.
Daniel beautiful shot, great HA, BG and perch, wish I could see a little bit more detail in the snow but at f/5.6 it's not going to happen.
You got the focus where it was needed on the bird, very nice.
Beautiful, Dan! That bird just pops from the background with that color combination. I really like the composition as whole even though I would probably try to remove that twig that goes out of frame on the left side.
Gorgeous and technically perfect. The perch frames the bird perfectly. Envious :)
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A species high on my list to photograph. So nice. Love the snow and how the bird just jumps out at you. I would have been guilty of cloning out the 2 vertical branches but see how it works as is.
What a lovely birds you've got there in Canada Dan. Not much i could add to the discussion as the image is almost perfect. If possible i would try to clear that broken perch in front of the bird or make it less visible. I can't see anything else that could be corrected.