European roller

[prasanna av]

134098
European roller is a passage migrant in India.
Was lucky to catch it this time.

Nikon D4 with Nikkor 600 mm f4 with 1.4 TC.
Shot from a car window.
ISO 400, 1/500, f8.

Regards
Prasanna

[Lyle Gruby]

Good looking bird. I'd prefer a looser composition to include the feet and tail. It also looks like this was a large crop which has left your image pretty soft.

[Marina Scarr]

Good looking bird and nice background. You have a nice pose on the bird. The bird is not looking sharp to me. I think you need some more sharpening of the bird only. I wonder whether you were focused on the bird's eye when you took this image. That is the best place to focus on birds and wildlife.

[Doug Brown]

Like the hint of OOF vegetation, the nice BG, and the good eye contact. The image is soft as presented. I might have shot f/7.1 and raised the ISO to 640 or 800, and used the extra light to boost your shutter speed. Good point by Marina about focusing on the eye.