Black Is Beautiful ....

[Ritesh Nangare]

Drongo,
Wai,Dec2012
With Great Support By Raj Dhage Wai.

Very Common Bird with very uncommon BG.


Here Are the exif....

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Date/Time 12/03/12 9:22:08 AM
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2000
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
Focal Length 700.0mm

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful color and detail as well as spot on exposure. Would crop a bit off the left side , were it mine.

[David Salem]

Beautiful colors and nice pose on this one. Exposure looks nice as do the details. Not sure if its me but looks like a little noise in the blacks or it could use a bit more contrast in the blacks. see what others see. Well done!

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Ritesh,

Really lovely bg to compliment the black and blue feathers. I do think the blacks could be a bit darker, but I like the comp as is (no need to remove any space on the left, IMO)

Miguel

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking bird, great shot. I would have used f7.1 or f8.0 to get more DOF. In fact you had the speed (1/2000 s) to reduce it, unless you were expecting to shoot BIF.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Great BG indeed. nice pose and details as well. Well done.

agree with some of the suggestions above:(a) blacks can be deeper and then noise will not show up (c) more DOF would have beet better. BG would not have been compromised by stopping down to 7.1.

I am fine with the composition. I'd only add a bit more on top if you have.

[prasanna av]

loved the overall effect.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image, Ritesh. Great details in blacks,wonderful two tone background,nice perch and lovely composition.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.