Black Drongo.

[Satish Ranadive]

Basic editing. Cropped for composition. Removed some sticks from perch.
Eye lighten. NR applied to BG.

ISO: 1250, 1/500 @6.3, Aperture Priority, Exposure Bias +0.7, spot metering.
Canon 550D, 100-400 mm.

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

[keith mitchell]

I like the way you have composed this Satish the vertical crop works for me,bird looks nice and sharp and also a nice multi coloured bg.

Keith.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Like everything about this image, Satish. Color of the perch and BG work beautifully with this bird. Also like the slightly open beak.

Geoffrey




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[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you very much Keith and Geoffrey for your feed back and kind compliments,

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Nuttall]

This is a really attractive image Satish

Like the perch even though it goes behind the birds head

Drongos? - aggressive birds - the Fork-Tailed Drongos in the Reserve where we stay in S Africa, dive bomb me when they feel like it

Lovely colours - well done

[Bill Dix]

This is a very nice one, Satish. Good vertical comp, nice bg. Good pose. My only suggestion would be to darken the pupil. I'm bad about color casts, but I wonder if there is a slight magenta cast to this?

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Congratulations!, Satish. Well deserved.


Geoffrey




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[Juan Tolentino]

Congrats Satish...Well done!

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you very much, Juan.

Regards,
Satish.