Stonechat

Taken a couple of days a go during the lovely bank holiday weather

Canon 500mm f/4L IS with 2x and 1D MkII N. ISO 200, 1/250 sec. at f/11, on tripod.

Oh my this is great shot of a rarely seen, but heard bird.

Fantastic detail.

Well done

Thanks Alan, much appreciated.

Best wishes.

Nice colours and a nice looking bird! Shame about the whites, but it's an extremely hard bird to expose for all the contrasting areas. A bit big in the frame for me and not enough space for the bird to look into look into, but that's just my personal preference. Other than that, nice shot

Thanks Graeme, I have to agree with you on it being a bit big in the frame but this is practically full frame and as I was on a cliff path at the time I had no where to go in regard to putting some more distance between me and the bird, nor did I have chance to take off the 2x extender I had fitted.

Thanks & best wishes

Paul

Yes I totally know what it's like Paul. Primes are very unforgiving when not dead on in range and you're on a cliff.