Preening Baya Weaver.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in the mid August,2014.
Evening light. Basic editing, lighten the iris and darken the pupil. cropped for composition and sharpened.NR applied to BG.

ISO 400, 1/800,@ 5.6.Manual. 550D,100-400.

Thanks for viewing ,appreciation, comments and critiques.
Kind Regards.

[Satish Ranadive]

Friends, After posting and looking at image having dark BG with dark area in ULC and RLC I thought, I should frame the image.So here it is.
Hope you will like it.

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Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, great preening pose with the outstretched wing, and just love those yellows of the head. I do like the thinner perch, and all against that smooth BG. I prefer your OP with regards to presentation. Not too keen on the yellow frame. :w3

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi Satish,
great pose,perch,colors and very nice BG.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Satish,

Wonderful preening pose captured. I agree, the OP is a bit better, but if you did want a border I would consider a very thin neutral color (maybe white?). Otherwise, the OP was just fine!

With the head position, I wonder what more room below and less on top would look like.

Miguel

[John Robinson]

OP for me Satish. Nice crisp shot,
Iam not sure about the frame. No big deal though.
John.

[MiroslavMaric]

Well done, I prefer OP too. Like the pose and combo of BG & bird color. TFS.

Cheers!
Miro

[Binu John]

Excellent shot! The preening pose you captured is wonderful! I really like the details, light and BG. The OP is better IMO.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Lovely preening pose Satish! I like the OP and the detail, eye contact and sharpness a lot.

[Tom van den Brandt]

Great shot this is. Love the yellow on his head and great sharpness.

Cheers, Tom

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for the feed back and comments.
Miguel, Your point noted, I will try with different colors border.

Regards,
Satish.