Asian Paradise Flycatcher: Immature male, back view.

[Satish Ranadive]

Taken few months back in low lights. Cropped, sharpened and NR applied to background. Small branch on right side of tail is cloned.

Canon: 550D, 100-400.
F: 7.1, 1/500, ISO: 2500, Spot metering, White balance: Auto. HH.
Exposure bias: +0.7 stop.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are much appreciated.
Best Regards.

[PhilCook]

ISO 2500...that's very impressive. Lovely shot Satish, beautiful color and complimented by the backdrop, my only thought worth mentioning is the broken branch on the left hand side, crop it out maybe

[David Salem]

Hi Satish,
Beautiful bird. Good HA and feather detail. Nice BG also. Still a bit noisy like your last post. Maybe loosen up your crops a little. Just looked at your techs. Your shooting at ISO 2500 to get 7.1.
Your giving up image quality. I would stay at ISO 800-1000 max on the 550. Once you hit 640-800 you should be wide open. I do the same on the 7D and ISO 1600-2500 max on the MKIV.
Hope This helps.
Dave

[gail bisson]

Hi Satish,
Great advice from David.
I love the mottled colors in the BG and how beautifully it compliments the bird. I would do another round of NR.
Love the raised crest as well.
Is this a big crop as the IQ is lacking a bit?
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, beautiful image, Satish. The bird is striking, excellent pose and nice background. Great IQ.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very well balanced comp, great colours, perch, BG, subject all come together nicely. Some more NR to the BG would be good, and I like what David has suggested techs-wise.

[Satish Ranadive]

Hi Satish,
Beautiful bird. Good HA and feather detail. Nice BG also. Still a bit noisy like your last post. Maybe loosen up your crops a little. Just looked at your techs. Your shooting at ISO 2500 to get 7.1.
Your giving up image quality. I would stay at ISO 800-1000 max on the 550. Once you hit 640-800 you should be wide open. I do the same on the 7D and ISO 1600-2500 max on the MKIV.
Hope This helps.
Dave
Thank you David,
This picture was taken in valley,where light reaches very late.Beside that the bird was shot at 310mm at a distance of 4.5m.
Even at F7.1 head details and sharpness are not up to the mark(IMHO),so going for wide-open aperture was out of question.
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, good pose, and Im amazed how well the head and body colours are defined so neatly, as if painted. I like the placement, lovely colours in the BG, and some NR there wont harm the image. :w3

[Satish Ranadive]

Gail,
This is 70% of FF.
Thank you all for your kind comments and suggestions,I will implement them.

Regards,
Satish.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great color palette, and detail on the bird. I se a little halo around the birds head or face area. Could just be the white in the bg?

[Maya Raut]

Hi Satish

I really liked this image and the bird. Lovely colors and complimenting BG. For ISO 2500 this looks excellent. IQ is not top but is still good.

I quickly tried to address couple of issues (NR on BG and slightly toned down shine on beak) and here is re post:

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- Maya

[Satish Ranadive]

Hello Maya,
Thanks a lot for your efforts and great job on image.It really look beautiful now.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Great color palette, and detail on the bird. I se a little halo around the birds head or face area. Could just be the white in the bg?
Hello Cheryl.
Thanks for your comments and regarding halo around the face.I have checked the raw image,
and you are right there is halo ( white line but not noticeable) near the neck but not around the face.I will reprocess it again.

Regards,
Satish.

[Steve Canuel]

A neat looking bird well photographed. Nice job.

[Frank Schauf]

Exellent image quality, great details and sharpness.

[Ofer Levy]

Bird and BG look great. Perch is a bit plain but still a nice image. Repost didn't help this image IMHO.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.