Common Myna

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All
Made this image witn D300, 600mm, ISO 400, 1/100 at F4
all critiques and commnets are welcome and much appreciated
Harshad

[Morkel Erasmus]

beautiful exposure and BG, Harshad...pops nicely.
love that eye. I would consider cloning out the leaves - if not the large branch then at least the one in bottom right.

in our country they are considered pests because they chase all the indigenous birds from their food sources. :)

[Harshad Barve]

Same here Morkel, they will chase all small birds

[Rohan Kamath]

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs155.snc1/5776_255329585104_908820104_7983989_5667722_n.jpg

A little crop behind the bird worked better as a composition for me. And also the leaves were a little distracting so removed them. Everything else is awesome, the exposure, eye contact, BG are bang on.

[Harshad Barve]

Thanks for the efforts Rohan

[Gene Potter]

Beautiful shot. Great focus and background. I like what Rohan did with the cloning, but a little clone outline is noticeable under the tale. Maybe some blur tool would smooth it out.

[Doug Brown]

Hi Harshad. Good looking bird with excellent sharpness and nice detail in the blacks. I don't mind the upper vegetation but I would remove the single leaf at the bottom of the frame. I also think the bird is too centered and would move it to the left. I would have liked to see a slight head turn towards you, but the profile also works nicely.

[Harshad Barve]

I agree with you Doug and here is repost , How it looks now ?

[Doug Brown]

Much better Harshad!

[Mital Patel]

fantastic shot sir ji

[Harold Davis]

harshad, the repost is fantastic. i love this bird. the eye is different and really neat. you did well on all aspects. bird really pops in the nice light!

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent detail captured Harshad, and pin sharp too. Great BG, and your repost is much better. Well done.

[David Fletcher]

Cracking shot Harshad Bhai! Love the repost. Glad you left the leaves, and have to ask how you find the 600. (I'm using the 500 AF-S II and oft look at the 600 wishfully). Good work! Meant to say, what a wonderful eye this bird has.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one Harshad.. loved the repost, looks clean with great details... congrats..

[denise ippolito]

Harshad, I love the details. I wish the foot wasn't clipped in the repost-but do agree w/ vegetation. Nicely done.

[Harshad Barve]

Agree with you Denise
How it looks now ?
Harshad

[denise ippolito]

Harshad, I like the inclusion of the foot much better!!

[sree.kumar.h]

Fantastic details Harshad. The eye of the birds make the image for me.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

I don't mind the leaves. Your last repost is really nice.

[Raymond Barlow]

very well done.. killer light and pose.

[Marc Mol]

beautiful exposure and BG, Harshad...pops nicely.
love that eye. I would consider cloning out the leaves - if not the large branch then at least the one in bottom right.

in our country they are considered pests because they chase all the indigenous birds from their food sources. :)

Nice exposure & comp Harshad.
Agree with Morkel here, they are a REAL PEST here in OZ as well driving out all native species!

Cheers
Marc

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Brother Harshad,
You make a PITA bird look beautiful in fact. The second repost where we can see the foot is much better. I prefer to see some foliage as opposed to a clinically clean BG.

Congrats Bhai! :)

[Dave Barnes]

Very well exposed, love the feather detail and the BG. Pity about the leaves.
They are a major problem here in RSA and have spread like wild fire from the coast, inland.

[Harshad Barve]

Agreed Dave , they are spread like VANAVA ( Wild fire ) here to and now a days they became major destroyers of small bird nests