Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

[Rohan Kamath]

http://www.indianaturewatch.net/images/album/photo/2627298664a82389bdc9d1.jpg

Canon EOS 40D
Sigma 70-300 APO(at 238mm)(non IS)
f/6.3
1/125 sec
ISO-800
-0.3EC
Pattern Metering
AWB
Aperture Priority

All C&C welcome and appreciated. Would love to know how to improve further.

-Cheers,
Rohan

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Rohan Good looking bird, sharp and well exposed

Would like seeing you moved just a bit to keep the perch from intersecting the head and a slight twist of the head toward the camera. Bg is manageable wold tone down the brighter white branch? LR and might get rid of the stick by the tail Also can lighten the face a bit which might have been different with the better head angle !!! Excellent !!!

[Daniel Cadieux]

All good points by AL, and I would add that I would have preferred had you pointed your lens down a bit more (to place the bird higher in the frame). I like the rich dark blues on this guy's plumage!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Good advice by Al and Dan, keep it coming Bro...

[Doug Brown]

Gorgeous blue color in the bird. Agree with Al's excellent suggestions. Why did you go with -1/3 EC?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

If it turned the head a little more toward you, you would also have had the bill in the plane of focus. Lovely colors and the guys already gave some good tips mate. You should always use the histogram and push the graph to the right as far as possible without clipping the highlights. If you don't know what I am talking about, see this link (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml).

Thanks for sharing. :)

[Harshad Barve]

All points are well coverd here , I will try to get some pictures of this buddy ASAP

TFS