Green Bea Eater

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all

Made this with 1DsMIII, 600F4 , at F6.3 , ISO 400 , 1/320 , beanbag , Original vert cropped
All C & C are most welcome
Harshad

[Harshad Barve]

For those who find LLH corner twig distracting :S3:

[Randy Stout]

Harshad:

Attractive bird, sharp, glad to be able to see the eye detail, nice BG
I do think it is better without the twig in this case, wish for a little more room on the left.
Nice scale to the perch.

If time allowed, I would have cranked up the ISO a bit to get more flexibility for a small f/stop to improve DOF on that long tail.

I might crop a sliver from the top to move him higher in the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Harshad ,

Beautiful colours and detail with complimentary BG . Prefer it without the twig and would consider lightening the eye a little.

[Dave McGowen]

Nice shot and complimentary background. I like it best without the twig.

[Herb Houghton]

Beautiful shot Harshad. I like how the BGD colors match the bird's. I agree the repost without the branch is substantially better looking.

[zethar zethar]

Wonderful shot in all respects. I prefer the image with the branch cloned out.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great BG & very nice texture and IQ....Twig not a big deal but looks better without...I would maybe lighten the eye a touch

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful bird and a great BG. A little more DOF would have been nice, as Randy pointed out. I like the idea of lightening the eye a bit and adding some canvas on the left if possible.