Todays Toil.

Yellow Wagtail spent a cold afternoon trying to get shots of these,background is a bit messy but i hope the bird makes up for it.
Please tell me what you think.Cheers Keith.
Nikon D300
Nikon F4 500 ml
1/500 sec F7.1
iso 500

Hi Keith I dont mind the background at all after all this is their playground, what a beauty with great detail I like it very much Bronia

Nice one Keith

Simon

Hi Kieth
Messy backgrounds in context with the bird and its particular habitat don.t worry me too much. Maybe just the bit to the left of the beak shaped like a V draws the eye a bit ( your one I mean ) but no big deal. I think the issue with this one is the crop. I like square crop jobs as you know, but in this case maybe the bird over to the right more with less space right and more left would suit better- in other words a landscape crop
Cheers
John

Think nits covered nice bird

Nits covered, still a nice image. I went out yesterday after these but they are in short supply in our area - found a few but no decent images.

David

Forget the background when you have a bird this beautiful stunning bird,love the pose

I agree with JR on this the BG is fine but needs a tadge taken off the right . Lovely bird and certainly close .

Like it Keith, never had one of these in front of the lense before so a bit envious, it nice and sharp and full of colour. BG isn't an issue.

Andy...

Thanks for looking and your comments.
keith

A nice image of a most attractive species.

Nice portrait Keith


Nits covered

maybe a bit to central but well caught they are a beautiful bird