American crow

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10204763-lg.jpg

I was trying to shoot some ducks from the car and this guy landed very close. I guess he did not notice me. As soon as he did, he flew away. Gave me one mean look before taking off. I did not get time to focus-recompose or make the camera vertical. The lack of space below bothers me a lot. Some grasses at the feet are toasted.

40D. 300 f/4 non-IS and 1.4x. iso 320. f/5.6. 1/250. exp. comp +2/3rd.

All opinions welcome.

[Dave Blinder]

Kaustubh, love the pose and brilliant eye coloration and detail. I don't mind the "in your face comp" for this one.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose and eye contact are pretty cool. I also like the low angle. I can see why you would have preferred more room and think it should be possible to tone down the grass at the bottom more.

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

I like the pose and the way he is looking at you.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice pose, angle and the HA adds interest.. congrats..

[Kristin Brown]

Kaustubh, I just love the pose! I too think the grass could be toned down a bit but other than that I like it. Congrats.