Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 11, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Nice Karen. Love the BG to go with this great little bird. Nice head turn and light.
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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on April 11, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Hi Karen... I too love the pose/head turn on this little guy. It might be interesting to crop a little more bottom and left? Nice work. :-)
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Comment posted by Ken Canning on April 11, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Beautiful pose and image. The band of color in the BG is especially nice.
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Comment posted by Murali Santhanam on April 11, 2011 at 2:02 PM
Nice one Karen.
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Looks like a challenging bird to photograph with that dark head and white throat. Nice exposure work on the perfectly posed fellow. The backgound is great too. Sweet Photo Karen
Ken Archer
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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on April 11, 2011 at 6:05 PM
nice crisp detail, good exposure and I like the pose. The BG colours are really pleasing.
We have stonechats here in Southern Africa too
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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 11, 2011 at 9:05 PM
Karen, the background colors and nice head turn make this shot for me. Perhaps a large crop?
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 12, 2011 at 12:37 AM
You caught a nice pose and great light - good colors and branch, complimentary BG and bright eye.
Nice work!
Sandy
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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on April 12, 2011 at 3:42 AM
Wonderful pic. Lovely light, fabulous background, great pose and sharp. Well done.
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Comment posted by Karen Summers on April 12, 2011 at 4:40 AM
Thanks everyone, not a large crop Ron could have gone landscape but decided on portrait
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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 12, 2011 at 12:42 PM
The leaning perch and body curves of the bird make this very pleasing. Also like that bg.
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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on April 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM
Karen,
The first thing that stood out for me when I viewed the thumbnail of this image was the beautiful soft tones in the background. Wonderful pose, head turn and eye contact. Nice light and comp. The colors and plumage patterns on Stonechats are very appealing to me.
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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 12, 2011 at 10:46 PM
Sweet pose, great bg and perch
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13 commentsKen Archer
We have stonechats here in Southern Africa too
Nice work!
Sandy
The first thing that stood out for me when I viewed the thumbnail of this image was the beautiful soft tones in the background. Wonderful pose, head turn and eye contact. Nice light and comp. The colors and plumage patterns on Stonechats are very appealing to me.