Lilac-breasted Roller

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

A shot in a tight shade. I left more noise, because that is how it appleals to me.

Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon 400mm f/5.6L USM
f5.6 @ 1/320 sec
ISO 1600, manual mode
Fill flash with Canon 580 EX II at -1/3

[David Roach]

What a colorful beauty! I like the painterly BG, but would tone down the brighter spots as they draw my eye.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

HI Nikolay,
The bird is beautiful indeed. I like how the composition is achieved, but I am not sure why it is that you like the "noisy" version rather than a smooth looking field of green. Agreed with David about those bright spots. If anything, I would crop tighter as reposted and the areas where I circled in red I would touch up a little to eliminate the distracting lightness, small branches intruding and the leaf obscuring that branch on the left edge (hope you don't mind my suggestions). Thanks for posting. :)

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

thank you for the suggestions :)
I will try to do some fixes.