Starling (Blue-Eared Glossy )

[Haim Ziv]

Nikon D2h 500 mm 1/180 f5.3 ISO200
Kenya, Massai-Mara.

Thank you for every C and C.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Haim, loved the colors, pose(good job on timing it) and that yellow eye. As you also probably know, perch not the most ideal. A vertical crop will work better if you have a tad more room on top. Increasing the ISO to stop down would have got the tail within DOF. Nice bird, BTW.

[Scott Frye]

Agree with a try at the vertical crop -- but other wise this is a beautiful bird. I like the background

[Pieter de Waal]

Haim you have captured the colours of the Starling very well. I like the sharpness, the look back head angle and those fine feathers showing on the left add a touch more to the image. Well captured.

[Harshad Barve]

beaut this is , gotta love colors and eye here
TFS

[Craig Brelsford]

Beautiful bird. I find insightful Kaus's comments on the perch and DOF. The starling is a bit tight in the frame; a vertical crop, adding canvas if necessary, could be ideal.

[RAM MALLYA]

Class image Haim Lovely eye contact here and amazing color of the bird

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Haim, what a beautiful bird! you captured it well. Love the BG. I wish the perch would have been something more pleasing.