Yellow Crowned Night Heron

[Sanjeevprakash]

Took this shot of the YCNH as he was preparing to land on a tree.

D300S , 300mm f2.8 + TC 14e, 1/500s, f/4,ISO-280,Manual Exp,HH

Thanks for Viewing and appreciate your comments & critiques


<iframe width="468" scrolling="no" height="60" frameborder="0" style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://mer54715.datafeedfile.com/widget/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=10536&aff_net=1&widget_num=1877" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"><p>Your browser does not support iFrame.</p></iframe>

[Randy Stout]

Sanjeev:

Great landing pose, open bill, angle in frame, comp.

Based on the amount of noise underwings, my guess would be that the bird was significantly underexposed because of the very bright background, and you needed to bring it up quite a bit in post. I normally wouldn't expect this much noise with your settings.

It might be possible to revisit this and do some subtle noise reduction to maintain the detail.

Again, fine pose!

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent landing pose captured.I like the open beak,wing position and composition.Rest is mentioned by Randy Sir.

Regards,
Satish.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Sanjeev - I think Randy's comments are right on. Try a bit of noise reduction if you get the chance and repost!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the dynamic pose and fully raised crest, but I agree with Randy's observations. Good comp BTW!

[Amol Khedgikar]

Man this is sharp! The eye has beautiful color. I would be tempted to a crop just to show case the lovely eye you got here in a separate image.

the hole in the bg is slightly distracting.lovely colors over all and a very crisp pic.