Pied Bushchat, male.

[Satish Ranadive]

ISO :400, 1/640,@5.6.Manual.550D,100-400. Basic editing.Cropped for composition. Imaged in hazy sunlight.

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

[keith mitchell]

Lovely neat little bird Satish,your image shows lots of fine feather detail which is really good,nice b/g not a big fan of the perch but if this is the perch it chose not a lot you can do about that. Very nice job.

Keith.

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

The hazy bright sun gave you lots of detail in the darks, not always easy to do on a black bird and bright day. Nice grip on the perch. The bg is very soft, but my personal preference has been to go with a little more texture if its there, to help with the sense of depth in the image. A tiny head turn our way would have been nice

Cheers

Randy

[Geoffrey Montagu]

A beauty, Satish. Very nice detail in the darks and lights. Like his crest slightly raised. I might crop in from top about an inch.




Geoffrey

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for the feed back. I am happy that you liked it.
Geoffrey, I will try the version as you mentioned.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Satish:

The hazy bright sun gave you lots of detail in the darks, not always easy to do on a black bird and bright day. Nice grip on the perch. The bg is very soft, but my personal preference has been to go with a little more texture if its there, to help with the sense of depth in the image. A tiny head turn our way would have been nice

Cheers

Randy

Thank you so much for the feed back Sir. BG is part of green crop and dry grass at the distance. I have checked all images, background is soft only.
I do have another frame with tiny head turn towards viewer, however I liked this frame so though to post it.

Regards,
Satish.

[mohammad reza shahab]

excellent BG,perch and details.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Good exposure Satish, A attractive background, and attractive little bird.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image Satish. Perfect background, excellent detail, exposure and color. Thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

Well done Satish. Beautiful pose and BG. Lovely colours on the bird. Thanks for sharing

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cute bird and you did well with the black plumage. I agree with cropping a bit from above...but I would add that back to the bottom if you have it (this would show more of the perch and place the subject higher in the frame). Well done overall!

[Andre Pretorius]

Amazing detail in darks, Satish! Fine with BG as is. What was focal distance?

[David Salem]

The blacks look great in this one Satish and I like the pose and that smooth BG also. Very nice

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful perch and nice composition, Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your feed back and nice words of appreciations.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Amazing detail in darks, Satish! Fine with BG as is. What was focal distance?

Thanks for the comments, Andr.
Sorry forgot to reply. This has been taken at 400mm focal distance,however quite close. (may be 15 feet) I cannot quote the distance since my camera has stopped showing shooting distance.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the details, exposure, sharpness and BG. I agree with comp suggestion made by Daniel. Nice image Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Here is the repost as suggested by Geoffrey, Daniel Sir and Jim Crosswell.
I hope you will like it.I have added canvas at the bottom.

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Regards,
Satish.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Good job on exposure and good details, I see some shadow along the added perch on left side and some pattern on the darker area, so I think that just cropping a slice from top of the frame without adding at the bottom will look better. The original post works better for me and I like it.

[Shantanu Ambulgekar]

nicely captured. Awesome background.
great details.

Regards,
Shantanu Ambulgekar.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all once again for your comments.

Regards,
Satish.