Black-breasted Weaver - Female

[Mital Patel]

Black-breasted Weaver - Female (Ploceus benghalensis)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/3200sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/6.3
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Aug 30 2009, 3:20 pm
Location : Village near my house, Kadi Road, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C Welcome

[Rob Drummond]

Wonderful shot - love the detail, light and intricate perch

cheers
Rob

[Arthur Morris]

Loverly light, bird, behavior. Head angle is a bit off. BKGR is killer. This one is in desperate need of a crop from the bottom to get rid of the focused leaf in the lrc...

[Stu Bowie]

I like the light in this Mital, and she's on a cool looking perch. Sharp throughout, with a great OOF BG. I would change this to a vertical if it was mine.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, perch, BG, behavior and eye contact. If it were mine I would remove the leaf in the lower right.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, the lower leaf does grab too much attention and should be dealt with. Wish for a slightly better HA. A vertical would be nice too - but that would be a significant crop (especially if this is already a crop itself).

[Mital Patel]

thanks all for your kind feedback.
here is another image with better HA and bottom cropped.

[Glenda Simmons]

Great repost. Alot to like about this image!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, much better Mital!! Even the top leg/foot position looks superior in the repost :-)

[Daniel Belasco]

Love the repost.
I was going to suggest more room at the top in the orginal as your eye was going straight off the top of the image due to the pointed 'seed stalk'. Your repost takes care of that. You could take a tiny crop of the top and left to balance the image to suit your eye--as is your eye wonders to far to the right to see what there and obviouly nothing's there.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent Mital!!! I love the one where bird is picking the seed. Congrats

[Dave Barnes]

Yes the repost is a lot better. I like the pano comp and BG is a Killer.
I like the image.

[Arthur Morris]

The first one is behaviorally more interesting but the repost is far stronger artistically.