New Holland Honeyeater

Excellent light and details.

Many thanks my friend Chris for your kind comment. Regards, Mehrdad.

Hi Mehrdad, The exif attached to this image does not specify the length of lens, but knowing these birds well and their flightiness you probably used something in access of 200mm.

That said, for me this image would do well as portrait in a bird book....... the bird is over-sharpened to accentuate the feathers and colours.

As an image per se, I see no movement in the image - the close cropping has boxed in the subject. I was always taught that when a subject "looks out of the frame" it takes the viewers eye with it. In the larger frame, the bird seems to be over-sharpened and I look at this via a calibrated screen.

The image from a distance is good, not withstanding my above comments...... be a little more cautious in post production. Well done.

Many thanks Grayham for your kind comment. This image was shot by Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm from a bird-hide with special set up very close to the subject with minimal (close to none) crop. Distance between the bird and the lens was not more than about 3-4 meters. We use honey on the Banksia flower to attract honeyeaters and the position of this particular flower is specifically ideal as it has a very long distance from the trees in the background. Personally I liked the previous website of PN much better than the current version. It used to give you much more Exif info and one could find a lot more and imagine the condition in which photo had been taken. I appreciate your impression about "looking out of the frame", but unfortunately, birds don't look their best while looking towards camera and as you know, they look better if photographed from lateral side, so it is kind of a matter of catch 22. As you appreciate, 5DSR does not have the antialiasing filter (Antialiasing filter effectively decreases sharpness to avoid morre' effect) and is 50MPixel. I really did not try to over sharpen the feathers and maybe the reason they look over sharpened is because of the same difference in the equipment, as I have received the same impression from others as well, but maybe our eyes are not used to the images without AA filter (As far as I know, all the other DSLR cameras with exception of Canon 5DSR, Nikon D500 and Nikon D810A have AA filter which decreases the sharpness of the images). I thank you again for your time spent and the detailed comment. Respectfully, Mehrdad.