Portrait: Indian Roller.

[Satish Ranadive]

This portrait was created today morning. Cropped for composition and sharpened.

ISO: 400, 1/400 @ F: 6.3.Spot metering. Manual setting.
WB: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

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

[christopher galeski]

very nice Satish,like the beak open,and some nice detail,how close were you.

[Satish Ranadive]

very nice Satish,like the beak open,and some nice detail,how close were you.

Thanks for your comments.Bird was at the distance of 6 m. Today he allowed me to come closer and gave me enough time to take many full frames,I will post them shortly.
In this frame I captured only half the bird.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Lovely portrait Satish, nice warm colors and sharp, did you lighten it a bit with shadows/highlights tool?

[PhilCook]

A nice strong portrait composition with lots of detail showing. I rather like the slightly elevated angle of the shot, great looking species Satish

[Mike Veltri]

Very nice portrait with good detail Satish.

[thijs broekkamp]

Nice portrait, beautifull colours!

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

Very colorful fellow, even the inside of his mouth is colorful!

Nice sense of texture and detail. Good eye, open bill.

Comp works as posted, could also see a version with a sliver off the top, and a sliver more on left of frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Faraaz Abdool]

Wow, amazing shot Satish! Excellent sharpness too.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Very "in your face" and well done. Beautiful color and detail. Angle of view seems a bit steep.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful bird with great colours, nice sharpeness. I could see a touch more contrast for the plumage but looks good as is.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Satish - Fantastic fine detail, sharpness and exposure. Looking forward to seeing your images from your most recent encounter.

TFS,
Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, you have exposed the perfectly, good all round detail, and the open beaks adds. I would take a bit off the top. Well captured.

[Wynand van Wyk]

Detail on him is super! Love colours and open beak! As good of a close up as it gets!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely super Satish, my first reaction was wow such detail, as I looked at it I wondered if a little more contrast would help give a little pop.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Beautiful image of a beautiful bird, Satish. I would also vote for a slight crop off the top and a touch of additional contrast. Looking forward to the others in the series.

[Karl Egressy]

Striking portrait shot, Satish, Love the open beak, colours and details.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent job Satish. Add my congrats to all those above.
I agree with Randy's comp suggestion and that a bit of contrast will help.
Looking forward to more of this handsome bird.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent close up!!!
Terrific pose, excellent details, nice light, and great comp.
Very well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all once again for your feedback,suggestions and nice comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

All has been said. Beautiful. One more for a bit more contrast. Well done.