Stonechat

First shot of my hol's up here in the Hebrides.

A whole family of these are outside the cottage (which is nice, for me).

Canon 350D | 300mm F/2.8 IS | EF 1.4x
RAW in DPP - post pro in CS2

ISO 400
1/500 sec
F/5.6
WB Auto
One-Shot AF

Regards

Excellent shot Anthony,

A really fine pose, and great detail

No dought removing the foreground twig would be more inkeeping with the general trend {and definately work}, but i quite like this as it is.



Alan

Hi Antony, I would personally get rid of the oof twig as it distracts me otherwise I really like it with its plain bg and somewhat unusual pose

Terry

Hi Antony
nice picture but I agree with the other comments.
John
Aberdeen

An interesting composition and pose here Antony.

It definately has potential.

Rob

Lovely shot Antony. Can't help but agree with the others about removing teh foreground twig, though. It would be so easy to do and would really enhance the simplicity of teh composition.

Malcolm

Great shot

But also agree about the other twig

Have to agree with the others. Remove the twig and the image is even better.

Paul

NL/Rotterdam

I hate to say it, but I am going to join the crowd here re getting rid of the OOF twig, it not adding anything and would certainly improve what is already a well captured image.

Love the image - great pose and composition and yes I would also remove the OOF branch!

David

Yep, get rid of the other twig and you're left with a cracking shot.

I do wonder how it got up there though, as it doesn't seem to have any wings!

Good shooting.

Michael S

Excellent shot, really like this...........but I've joined the 'ban the twig' campaign

Thanks all.

I'll look into the twig removal technology.

Cheers