Indian Roller

[Gary Kinard]

Indian Roller
These are colorful birds. The young ones are beautiful really.
But I liked this older weathered guy.
Mark IV
1/1600
ISO 800
500mm
F5.6
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[hirandesilva]

Hi Gary, The colors look slightly different to the indian rollers in Sri Lanka.You've got a spot on focus. I wonder if you can reduce the saturation in green/black Background as the colors look too dark taking away the beauty of the bird. You have handled the photograph well in bright light.

Hiran

[Gary Kinard]

Again thanks Hiran. When I shot this guy the sun was bright and going down. So tried to compensate.
I will try and get the background toned down and re-post.
Thnk's

Gary

[Gary Kinard]

Added a curves mask and adj just the background. Toned it down some.
I like it better also. Makes the bird stand out more.
Gary

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[praveen kaushik]

wonderful pic