Another Yellowhammer

Maybe a better angle than the last post but I liked the expression on the bird's face on the previous image.

D300
300mm f2.8 + 1.4 TC
1.2000s
f5.6
-0.7 EV
ISO 400
Tripod

stunning light and a nice pose, background is a bit messy but not much you could do about that in the circumstances given your aperture, nice shot

Well done Maggie !. Nice pose and decent light too , great crop .Agree about the BG , try under the bush next time and lie down .

Nice perch, comp & the bird stands out well against the background.

Lee

Think Mark's right here, going to have to get off the chair......lol.. Nice comp

Nice one Maggie, don't mind the background so much but I do find the OOF log at the front distracting - took me quite a while to work out what it was! Seeing the number of post here, they must be quite abundant right now. A very colourful bird indeed.

Des

a very attractive bird, minor nits mentioned but still a nice shot.

Matt

A much more conventional shot than your previous posting, nits covered, and still a nice shot foir your portfolio.

David

Nice bird, and nice natural setting. Like it very much Maggie - glad you have now found the Yellowhammers!! It isn't one of JR's is it

Agree re the foregraound log and pov to a certain extent - lovely lighting on this though!!



Mark

Thanks everyone for your comments. If birds always landed on "nice" perches with "nice" backgrounds life would be so much easier - but maybe a little mundane

You are so right, Maggie. What we need is a 'Punk revival'' in Nature photography, IMHO.