Theme: Crested Bunting in Rain and Fog.

[Satish Ranadive]

Taken yesterday morning in rain, fog and windy weather. Small thin branch of the perch on right side cloned.

ISO: 200, 1/320 @ F: 5.6.Evaluating metering.
White balance: Auto. Subject distance: 3m. HH. Canon: 550D, 100-400.

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

[bhavya joshi]

Beautiful shot of Beautiful fogy bird.. nice perch and Background. Thanks for sharing.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Lovely species, BG & perch. Also like the wet feathers & perfect HA. TFS

[Oscar Dewhurst]

Superb detail and bg, nice perch as well

Oscar

[Ofer Levy]

Sharp with nice detail and pose. I like the mood in here.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice detail and pose. Not much else to say except, great job!

[Melissa Groo]

I love your background and how the colors all work together. Super head angle and excellent exposure and details.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, one of your best IMHO. Love the soft light, well exposed on the blacks, and good pose and HA to round this off. That BG is tops. Well captured.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic! I love the overcast light here...perfect for the black plumage. Great HA. BG and perch look good too. I would personally remove the two faint streaks directly in front of the head as they do not add much to the image. very well done Satish!

[Sachin Saraf]

Satish, this is one of your best and you really captured it beautifully...Excellent on all counts.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Terrific shot, Satish. has that monsoon feel. HA, size of the bird, its placement, BG, wet feathers, exposure, comp...well done on all fronts. loved the wet look. Keep it up.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Satish. I like the sharpness, lighting, pose, perch, HA and BG.

[Maya Raut]

Stunning capture Satish. Weather added different mood in image. I liked few drops on birds chest, details, head angle, perch and BG. Great job and TFS.

- Maya

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your kind and heartwarming comment.I have learned a lot from all of you and other BPN members.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Fantastic! I love the overcast light here...perfect for the black plumage. Great HA. BG and perch look good too. I would personally remove the two faint streaks directly in front of the head as they do not add much to the image. very well done Satish!
Daniel,
Faint streaks are rains,which are horizontal because of high wind in the direction of bird.I wanted to make them prominent but could not.In other they are diagonal and many are there.However I will remove them,as it overcast lights gives the feel of rain.
Regards,
Satish.

[Sanjeevprakash]

Satish,This is stunningly Sharp.Excellent colors and BG.Were you in a hide?,I mean 3 mts is pretty close.

[Satish Ranadive]

Satish,This is stunningly Sharp.Excellent colors and BG.Were you in a hide?,I mean 3 mts is pretty close.
Sanjeevaprakash,
No,Not in hide.It was my luck that he landed on this perch so close to me,however perch was on the side of deep cliff of mountain.
Thanks for the comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Peter Seidel]

Well done - really preserved the detail in the dark feathers nicely.

Pete