Ashy Crowned Sparrow Lark

[Vivek Kale]

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss78/kale_v1/Forum/Image_Kale_P131_1024.jpg

Ashy crowned Sparrow Lark (eremopterix grisea) male, 12 cm,bird from dry grass land region.
Image was made in western India.

(iso 200, f8, 1/800 sec, 0 EC, handheld
Canon EOS350 D+ 100-400 L IS)


Cheers !

Vivek

[Steve Canuel]

You've captured the dry habitat quite nicely and the head angle and grasshopper in the beak are nice additions. I'd tone down or remove the bright stalk to his left. I also think this would look good with a tighter vertical crop.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle and eye contact, the food item does add to it. I wish we could see the entire tail and agree on toning down/removing the bright spot in the middle of the image.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the pose and detail, and his catch a bonus. I agree, a vertical will work here.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Vivek, hard birds to shoot. Liked the catchlight and the pose with prey. Nice work.