White Bellied Drongo

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all
made this with D300, 600mm, ISO 400, F5.6, 1/100 beanbag
not the best but how often we see this Jungle drongo :)
all C & C welcome & much appreciated
Harshad

[Dave Barnes]

Good to see a different bird, we only get the black drongo here. The feather detail and colour of the bird looks good and I like the eye contact and BG, but the OOF perch does distract from the eye IMHO. you also have a halo from sharpening that should be sorted in PP.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Too bad the perch is curving up in front of the bird as you had a very nice pose here. Vertical is the natural crop of choice for this type of bird shape and pose...did you go vertical in-camera or is it cropped from horizontal? I see the sharpening halo, but also what appears as a thicker S/H (or other PP tool) halo.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the exposure and detail, and you have the perfect comp. I agree with the evidence of the halo, and I would blend in the BG LLC to eliminate the darker area.

[Chris Kotze]

Ditto the slight halo. Lovely bird and super colours and BG.

[David Fletcher]

Agree with observations made Harshad. Love the detail in the blacks and the head angle. TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great looking bird Harshadbhai. I agree the perch is in the wrong place mate, perhaps not a lot you could have done in time to still catch the bird from a different angle - IOW take what you can get at all times, especially if it's rare or a new species in your collection. Halo can easily be fixed. TFS. :)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Harshad, very nice capture. I like the black details. Exposure is perfect. I have seen this bird many times (many yrs back of course) but never realised how strong & stocky that beak is until now.

KD