Struggled with the light this morning. The background behind the perch was in the sun, but the perch was in the shade. Luckily the bird had a little patience with me to experiment - 5DMKIII, 840mm, f8, ISO1600, +2 1/3 stops over evaluative metering, better beamer w 600EX, -2/3 stops fill flash, cropped to 3000X3500. I'm not too sure about the result though. Too much flash?

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