Black Headed Munia.

[Satish Ranadive]

Also called as Tricolored Munia. Cropped and sharpened.

ISO: 1000, 1/640 @ F: 6.3. Evaluating metering. Exposure bias: +0.7.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

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


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[Miguel Palaviccini]

Satish, very nice image. The pose and head angle are great. I would give it a round of NR on the bg and some selective sharpening on the bird. Also add a bit of contrast to the bird to give it more pop.

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

Good comments from Miguel. I think the reeds make a very interesting perch with strong lines, like the stretched out feet, head position, and easy to see why it has both names!

Def a bit more NR on the BG.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

Agree with above critiques. Really like those feet and the lines of the reeds. Head is not looking sharp here. I think there is better focus on the feet.

[Shawn Zierman]

I like the way you have composed the image. My first thought was a horizontal might have worked better,
but the longer I look at the image, the more I like this vertical presentation. Miguel pretty much covered
any suggestions for improvement....Nice light quality on this one as well.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your kind words and suggestions.Here is image with sharpening,increased contrast and NR to background.
I do have image with horizontal composition,but I liked this one,hence posted.

120103

Satish.

[David Salem]

Hi Satish, The re-post looks allot better. The OP had that same slightly washed look as the lapwing. The contrast and sharpening made the difference. Exellent photo.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the perch, pose, eye contact and BG. Well done Satish.

[dankearl]

The repost is nice, I always appreciate the birds you post from your part of the world that I don't get to see.
This looks very much like a Grosbeak in North America, very pretty bird, nice perch and BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

The repost is nice, I always appreciate the birds you post from your part of the world that I don't get to see.
This looks very much like a Grosbeak in North America, very pretty bird, nice perch and BG.

Thank you for your appreciation and kind words.
Regards,
Satish.

[PhilCook]

Extra tweak in the repost makes it extra good Satish, and rather like the crossed over leaves too....." X marks the spot "