Bird

Welcome to NPN Pius. Nice bird you captured. If I may suggest some things to make this image and your following images stronger. First, the image is a bit tight on the left side for my taste. The bird is looking that direction, so I would like to see a bit more room there. Also, I would try and avoid having out of focus (OOF) branches cutting through the subject. In this image, the one OOF branch is really prominent. Lastly, it is almost always best to have the bird's head in the light rather than the shadows. You did get a nice catchlight and that does help. Keep shooting, posting, and most of all commenting on others work. Commenting will help you the most to improve your own work. Cheers

Pius,

Can you tell us what species this bird is? It has a beautiful eye and I love that pinkish bill.

Welcome to NPN, Ron B. has already addreesed what I would have addressed but I wanted you to know I look forward to seeing more of your work. This is a great place to learn, to share and to grow as a photographer.

Welcome to NPN Pius. Issues have already been mentioned. Try to get an unobstructed shot next time and if at first you don't succeed, try again

Hello Pius, and welcome to NPN! I have nothing to add to what others have said, but make sure you comment on others work and read other comments. Doing that has helped me a lot in the past year.

Hi Pius. You were able to approach him quite closely so you obviously have some field skills that will help immensely in this genre of photography. Read the critiques, add your own and ask questions. Enjoy the voyage here at NPN and with your future avian photography.

I very much appreciate your comments; they are very informative. Utah, unfortunately I am not in a position to tell the ID of this bird at the moment. Many thanks