Asian Paradise Flycatcher

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All

Made this image of Asian Paradise Flycatcher in Saat Tal , with D300, 200-400/F4 at F4
400mm ,ISO 400 , 1/500 HH,

This is second year male bird

All C & C are most welcome
Harshad

[Joe Senzatimore]

Never saw one of these , so thanks for posting it. It is a sweet image with fine details and composition. Might try to blur the BG a bit.

[Doug Brown]

Really like the crop here. And of course the cool subject. I like Joe's idea of a little more BG blur, and I might run a bit more sharpening on the head.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice bird and a delicate tail Harshad, it looks a bit soft due to slow shutter speed.

[Randy Stout]

Harshad:

Love the wind lifted tail feathers, perky crest,colors in the bird.

A challenge to crop because of the tail, agree with Joe about the background. I would consider trying to tone down the brighter spots, esp. the one above his back.

Hope to see more of this beauty.

Cheers

Randy

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great looking bird and the overall colors are gorgeous...Like the suggestions re sharpening!

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely curled tail across the image, and the flycatcher has fairly striking colours. I would maybe crop some off the bottom.

[Pieter de Waal]

Beautiful bird , well captured Harshad. Like the flowing tail feathers.

[Tommy Rodgers]

Can not add much to the critique, but I must comment on the beautiful subject. Your posts are always fun because of the different species in your area of the world. It certainly punctuates the world wide beauty of birds in general. Thanks very much for sharing.

[Ken Watkins]

Harshad,

Still working on mine or would be if my computer was ever repaired (Dell).

This is a really beautiful bird, which for others loses most of this colour when he matures and becomes a ghostly white. Try as we may I know I did not get anything presentable of a full adult.

[Mike Fuhr]

Very nice HB. I saw the thumbnail and wondered about the bird being placed way on the right until I opened the post and saw that wonderful tail.