Baya Weaver

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All,
Made this image with D300, 600MM, ISO800, at F5.6
All C & C welcome appreciated.

Harshad

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good-looking bird and the rain adds to it. I wish for a better head angle and might remove the branches 'sticking out' of chest and beak.

[David Roach]

I love the environmental feel of this one! Only wish for better HA. Congrats!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one Harshad Bhai :), loved the rain effect and the colours, more than HA I would suggest to slightly do selective blur the branches just before the bird and on top of the bird as the focus seems to be on that.. congrats..

[Harshad Barve]

Kiran bhai
That will be too much for me as you kknow my PP skills :o

[Kiran Poonacha]

Harshad Bhai.. I tried some PP, cloning, sharping and croping. I am not sure about the crop but I felt there was too much space and distractions. hope its ok.

[Harshad Barve]

this is too good Bhai
thanks a ton

[Rohan Kamath]

very beautiful image harshad ji... the rain adds nicely...and kiran's redo has enhanced it further...maybe a little less space to the right may add to the composition(???)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Lovely rainy mood, and a nice looking species. The clean up by Kiran has improved the esthetics of the image (although I prefer the extra space in front) but the less than ideal HA is unfortunate.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Repost looks better IMO, lovely mood and feel on this one.
Congratulaitons!

[Glenda Simmons]

Repost is a nice improvement. The bird is very interesting looking. The colors and raindrops are great...just wish for that better head angle. (You are not alone with your PP woes)

[Stu Bowie]

Great enviromental image Harshad, and the rain drops add to the image. Kirans repost works well.

[Chris Zink]

I think that the color of the background makes an excellent complement to the colors of the bird. Perhaps it is my monitor, but I might lighten it up just a bit to emphasize the raindrops, which at first looked hard to see. Or maybe it is just my monitor.

Chris Zink

[Gal Shon]

I like the pruning done by Kiran, but I prefer the original comp.
The rain makes it a very special one.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

What a wonderful image Harshad Bhai. The rain is such a great creator of the somber mood of the forest and the darkness which in it prevails. I kind of don't mind the OP, but I like Kiran Bhai's repost very much. Just emphasizes the bird more. It is not that hard to do if you practice a little you know? Have a go and work on your PP skills. You will find that your image optimization becomes more satisfying to you.

[sree.kumar.h]

The image has captured the monsoon mood beautifully.
In the original post the twig above the bird seem to be sharp focus and hence can be considered as distraction.