Yellow-faced Honeyeater

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These plain coloured little honeyeaters are quite common on the east coast of Australia. I never see too many lovely shots of these little birds and wonder if it is because of their dowdiness. I think they’re stellar!

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ISO 3200 150-600@600mm Handheld f6.3 1/320

Not much done to this one. Shadows lifted in ACR and a tad of canvas added on the right, and a distortion to squidge up the left-hand side to make a more pleasing crop.

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Wow impressive Glenys! Bird is sharp head to tail and the background is wonderful. Bird is pretty much centered but that doesn’t bother me given the other elements. Nicely done.

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Dowdy? Not in my book. Beautiful image, Glenys. Excellent detail and I like the blue eye and yellow in the face . Nice look at the flower as well and the overall setting is quite pleasing.

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A drop dead gorgeous composition, Glennie. Perfect perch, action and pose. Absolutely nothing I can think of to improve this image.

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Glenys: You posted this upside down :wink:. I have a large print of Mount Rainier’s reflection in a lake and you would not believe how many folks ask why I displayed it upside down. This is just marvelous. The bird is anything but dowdy and the perch/BG combo is wonderful. Superbly crafted image. >=)>

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While there are tons of spectacularly-coloured birds in your neck of the world, this one is still gorgeous. Tack-sharp detail, excellent pose, and a marvelous flower. Complimentary BG as well.
I don’t mind it being centeredd at all, but you might experiment with adding a bit on the top and left.
Lovely image!

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The honeyeater is well framed by the grevillia flower and the leaves as well as the implied frame of the perch twig behind. The eye is sharp and has a nice catchlight. Did you use a flash? The piece that really makes the photo is the neutral and nondescript background.

You must have been very quick to catch this.

Well done.

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Thank you @Allen_Sparks , @Sandy_Richards-Brown , @Allen_Brooks, @Bill_Fach , @Dennis_Plank and @Rob_Sykes for the kind comments.

No flash used @Rob_Sykes .

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A triple WOW on this one! Detail is perfect, soft light gorgeous, BG just right, and perch and pose are exceptional! No need to add any canvas – for my taste the composition is perfectly balanced. This needs to be in a gallery – natural art at its best!