Paddyfield Pipit

[Somak Roy]

This is from one of my early birding days. Re-processed this image.
Nikon D300s | 500mm | F8 | 1/640sec | ISO 250

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[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice! I like the alert pose, nice perch, and beautiful BG (except for the two brighter vertical lines). I'd see if you can reduce the highlights on the leg, and I wonder what is the triangle at the base of the tail?

[Somak Roy]

Thanks Daniel. The traingle is pp error. Even I missed that. I was trying to adjust the exposure with layer mask and I think I didn't recover that part :(

[Marina Scarr]

I like this capture very much. Your perch works for me as is and I love your BG> My only issue is that your bird needs some sharpening, esp its head. Well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Somak, pose, shooting angle and HA are excellent. My main issue with this is that the focus seems to be a tad behind the bird...the vegetation near the feet at the edge of the perch seems sharper than rest of the image. I also think it needs more room on top and less in front.

[Somak Roy]

Kaushtubh and Marina- I agree with you both on the sharpness. I could have done better. Thanks for your suggestions.