Black Drongo #2

[Mital Patel]

Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/400sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/8
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Aug 16 2009, 9:53 am
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C welcome

[Harshad Barve]

amazing clarity , deadly BG , bang on exposure and sharpness
I would have loved to see perch throughout the frame
TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

To me the blacks could go a little deeper and the sheen on the bill toned down a bit, but eveything else is fantastic. Great IQ...and I like that you kept a darker area in URC. Excellent pose, and note the perfect HA.

[Elmar Venter]

Mital, this is a great image. Great exposure of the blacks, super background, nice perch and sharp from eye to to tail feathers. Well done.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,head angle,composition and bg!

[Rich Steel]

Hi Mital

I am always a big fan of the over the shoulder pose. Great pose and eye contact from the bird, clean background and interesting perch all add up to a fine photograph. Good use of DOF. The photo is well exposed but I thought it might need a touch more in the blacks.

Cheers

Rich

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent exposure Mital, sharp, and showing lovely detail. I like the pose, and well placed in your comp. If this was mine, I would have blended away the darker area URC.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the pose, HA and BG bhai, loved the expo too.. congrats..

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the composition, light, perch and eye contact. Another vote for more contrast and toning down the sheen on the bill. If it were mine, I might remove the dark patch at the upper right side.

[Rohan Kamath]

excellent HA ans sharpness... Superb details in the blacks...

[Gal Shon]

Excelent exposure and a wonderful BG. very good HA.
I think I would try it as a vertical as well.

[Rob Drummond]

Very nice Mital - like the detail in the blacks, the sheen, head turn and typical drongo pose.

cheers
Rob