Red Wattled Lapwing.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in the Jan,2015. Very common bird.

Basic editing. Cropped for composition.
NR applied to BG.


ISO: 400, 1/1000 @5.6. Spot metering. Manual settings.
Canon 550D, 100-400 mm.

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

[Karl Egressy]

Nice preening pose, excellent details and nice background, Satish.

[John Robinson]

Well placed in the frame Satish, and a bit of gradation in the background which I always prefer tom plain. Good detail in the black areas
John

[Mike Poole]

It's a nice pose Satis, but the details look a little soft. Also, do you have maybe the next frame without part of the membrane covering some if the eye?

I'm with John on the background, it's a nice graduation

Mike

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you karl, John and mike for the feed back and kind comments.
Mike, I do not have next frame with eye open.

Regards,
Satish.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful pose Satish. I like the lighting and your control of the blacks and whites. Looks good against the BG.

Will

[christopher galeski]

Nice preening pose Satish,nice BG,see a bit of noise on the bird.TFS.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, lovely pose for the theme. The membrane covering part of the eye could be fixed in Photoshop. Thank you for sharing, Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you Christopher and Joseph for the feedback and comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you William for the kind compliments.


Regards,
Satish.