Shoveler

[Rahul Sachdev]

Made this image at a place called Jamnagar (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=22.47&lon=70.07&z=13&l=0&m=b&search=Jamnagar). It is one of the best places for waterfowl and Seashore birds in India and is a must visit for anyone wanting to see the migrants.

Tech Specs:

Camera: Canon 50D
Lens: 500 f/4 + 1.4x
Shutter: 1/1000
Aperture: f/8

[Kiran Poonacha]

Welcome Rahul Bhai, loved the low angle, great BG and the lovely light too, just wished for a better head angle.. congrats..

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Rahul,
I like the colours here. A slight head turn towards you would have further strengthened the image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[David Fletcher]

Lovely shot Rahul. Love the IQ and low view. A tiny bit of a head turn as mentioned by Kiran and Sabyasachi would take this to a new level. WD!

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful, colors are great, wish for slightly better HA. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great low angle and colours. I'll mention HA again - it is the main concern here. I would also crop some off the bottom. I'm undecided about the tan band above - maybe I'd prefer it if the transition between blue and tan was smoother.

[Harshad Barve]

Very beautiful bird & image , bice colors pin sharp , HA mentioned , I may crop from top to get complete blue BG
TFS

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle and sharpness, I might crop it as a pano and also wish for a bit more head turn towards you.

[Stu Bowie]

Welcome to BPN Rahul. and a great sharp image to start off with. The low angle works well, and I would maybe take a bit off the bottom and top, as sugessted by Axel.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Some crop off the bottom could help IMO.
I like the light, BG, low angle, species, colors and sharpness!
Congratulations!