Collared Aracari - A Portrait....

[Rajesh Pandit]

Wanted to take a portrait of this beautiful bird in costa rica. Got an opportunity to do so on second day.

With Canon 5D Mark II + Canon EF500mm f/4L IS II USM.
ISO- 800.
F- 6.3
SS - 1/160.

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[Miguel Palaviccini]

Rajesh

And you succeeded! I find this image to have great balance in the composition, with the beak doing most of the work :) Nice detail in the eye, where it counts.

If you aren't opposed to it, I would clone out some of the brown in the top left portion of the image, just to keep it all green.

I'm not familiar with the bird, but I do see a color cast on the black feathers. That might be there naturally, though.

Miguel

[Mark Itol]

Beautiful portrait show with great detail and composition. I wish the brown area at the upper left wasn't there. Great image.

[Doug Brown]

Very nice portrait of a cool-looking bird! It's tough to do rainforest photography without the use of a flash. Here it would have helped control the exposure on the BG (which I find to be a little bright) while preserving the exposure on the bird. The coloration of the bird is correct.

[Rajesh Pandit]

Thank you Miguel, Mark and Doug for your comments. Would try to take care of your suggestions. Miguel you may change the image as you like, i would be glad to see it.

Thanks again.

Rajesh.

[Sachin Saraf]

Rajesh, this is really beautiful portrait and agree about issue with BG...

[Karl Egressy]

Cool looking beak nice portrait shot, Rajesh.

[Hayath Mohammed]

Beautiful portrait of this beauty!

[Robert Holguin]

Splendid close up shot.
Terrific comp, excellent details, and great pose.
Well done.