Black-crowned Night Heron

[Indranil Sircar]

I took this yesterday late in the afternoon. The settings were -

40D, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm hand held
1/3200 sec, f/8 Mode: Av Metering: Evaluative Exp comp: -2/3 ISO: 400

Applied NR on the background and usm. All C&C will be appreciated.

~ Indranil

[Indranil Sircar]

I guess I posted this in the wrong forum instead on the Avian. Not sure how to move it there!!!

[Brian Barcelos]

Very sharp and perfect wing position. Your exposure is spot on and that red eye really pops. I feel it needs some more room above and a small slice off the bottom. Congrats

Brian

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice light and pose, Indranil. Dark BG works well. Eye provide a good focal point. Critical focus seems to be on the near wing.

[Indranil Sircar]

Brian, Tony, thanks for the feedback. Here is a repost with a slightly different crop.

[Tony Whitehead]

Both look good but I think I prefer the OP.

[Juan Aragonés]

I like the dark BG and the nice light. The position of the wings is right and the eye contact is just fantastic. I agree with Tony about the critical focus point :-)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

You could sharpen the head/eye a little more mate and have a ripper! Perfectly lit indeed! :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Indranil,
The repost looks better.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful wing position and BG. Nice eye contact,maybe just a round of sharpening on the face. Well done!!

[Ramon M. Casares]

I like the OP for print and the repost for web use. Another round of USM would help this image, nice ligfht, pose, species a colors! Congratulaitons!

[Daniel Belasco]

These guys are hard to get in flight and I appreciate you showing this.
regards
dan

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks for the all the feedback. Really appreciate it. Agree with Tony on the critical focus issue and also the need run another round of usm to sharpen the head more.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice and sharp with good head angle and eye contact, would love to see this @ 1024 pixels. TFS