Dark-eyed Junco

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Description

Too bad there are some leaves covering the junco and perhaps the perch is a bit big, but I like this for the fairly close-up view the junco gave me and the pose isn’t too bad.

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Any thoughts appreciated.

Technical Details

Canon R5; 100-500 with 1.4 TC at 700 mm; 1/500 at f10 ISO 5000

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Hi Allen, I think you critiqued this pretty well. Nice pose and details and I like the leafy environment except for the ones intersecting the bird.

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When I look at this, I find myself kin d of liking the way those leaves come in parallel with one another. It makes an interesting pattern, like looking at the bird through a blind. You might be able to accent that feeling a bit by cropping in a little from the left-maybe to just before the left edge of the perch.

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I second Dennis’s comments. If it were just one leaf I would find it distracting.

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Hi Allen
I think the two leaves help to frame the Junco head and body. Nice work.
Peter