Common Babbler

[Mital Patel]

Common Babbler (Turdoides caudata)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/1250sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/7.1
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Aug 25 2009, 7:53 am
Location : Village near my house, Kadi Road, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C welcome

[Arthur Morris]

Wow! I am betting that this is not an easy bird to photograph.... Love the pose, the HA, the SH, and the EXP.

A crop from the bottom to remove the odd bit of tree with a corresponding crop of the tree from our right would--I think--result in a more pleasing composition.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Excellent pose,composition,head angle and beautiful soft light!

[Juan Aragonés]

I like the pose of the bird and the eye contact Mital but Iwould crop a bit at the top :-)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Mital,
I like the way you captured the birds position in between the greens and blue. I promised myself to take the afternoon off from the crop tool.....so I won't get into that!....exposure and sharpness were very well done!

[Gal Shon]

I like the Pose, perch / tree and light.
If it's possible, I would try and place him in the URC

[Harshad Barve]

Wow! I am betting that this is not an easy bird to photograph.... Love the pose, the HA, the SH, and the EXP.

A crop from the bottom to remove the odd bit of tree with a corresponding crop of the tree from our right would--I think--result in a more pleasing composition.

Indeed they are skullers , lovely image , agreed with Guruji here
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice Mital, everything perfect but would prefer a tighter crop, too much tree IMO.