Crab spider demise.

Redstart with crab spider.
One from last week. Another "clone or not" nightmare.
Leaf or no leaf ? That is the question.
D200 Sigma 100-300mm.
Hide etc.

Nice male shots to follow.

Cheers
JohnR

A nice shot of an attractive species. I like the viewpooint with the tail feathers showing so clearly.
Personally I don't mind the leaves and think they perhaps add to the overall image. The scene might look a bit empty without them, having now seen the image with them included.
Only nit is there appears to be a bit of blotchiness in the background on either side of the bird's head and neck area.

Lovely shot John.........the fanned tail/head-turn and lunch are a great catch!!

Personally, i like it as is

Alan

Works for me John,

Austin

Thanks for your comments.
Cheers
JR

Hi John

Love it as it is! A great shot

Kevin

Leaves in John. Great as it is.
Robert

No nightmare here - leave the foliage as it offsets the wire very nicely. Anyway, I didn't notice either as I was so busy looking at a fantastic subject.

Thanks again. In fact the birch twig blew down for some reason and got caught in the wire. I could'nt really get out of the hide without some one relieving me so it had to stay. That's the golden rule never leave a hide whilst the birds are there if you are on your own. Pity the heads not real sharp but I thought its nice to see the tail in focus !!
Cheers
JR

'In' for me too...

Thanks Des !!
JR

Nice one its fine as is, but I too can see the strange blotchiness Justin has mentioned.

Hi John,

Very nice image! I like it as presented!

To me it is fabulous!! I wish I had taken it!!

Excellent shot!

Excellent shot!