Laughing Dove

[Girish Prahalad]

Also known as the Little Brown Dove. Shot this through a very small opening in a bush.
Made this handheld with a Canon 450D + Sigma 150-500.
F 6.3 / ISO 400 / SS 1/640 @ 500 mm. Manual / Eval
Levels / Crop / USM / NR on BG.

Comments & critiques most welcome.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the dreamy effect here with the soft FG slightly overlapping the perch and subject (just enough for me). I love the BG, especially most of the left part (I'd remove the grey band in lower left corner with a 30-40% clone stamp). Nice comp, beautiful perch, OK pose.

[Jeannean Ryman]

Very nice detail you got in the visible part of the dove. Wish the vegetation wasn't partially blocking the tail, but still nice and it does give a somewhat dreamy effect to it. I agree about the beige patch in the left corner. Should be an easy fix if you choose to do it. Pretty dove!

[Doug Brown]

A very pretty bird, and I echo Daniel's sentiment about the dreamy feel. I like the idea of removing the gray band on the left.