Coppersmith Barbet

[Somak Roy]

I had taken this shot almost a year back. Just thought of re-processing the image. Comments and Suggestions are welcome.

Nikon D300s | 500mm | F8 | 1/500sec | ISO 250.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5764144006_8dbb66a9d6_b.jpg

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. Great background, and real nice pose. To me it just looks a tad over sharpened. Other than that well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Somak, you had a ncie setting here with the distant BG and nice perch.

However, there are a number of issues here. To me, looks like your orig shot had some camera & subject shake and you've oversharpened it. Vertical composition would have been much better. As-is, there is too much negative space on one side. I also see some post processing artifacts.

With such a good camera, I'd have shot this at higher ISO to get better shutter speed.

[Somak Roy]

Kaustubh, thanks for your suggestions. There is indeed camera shake and that is because this one is a handheld shot. The bird being high above the eye line I find it difficult to keep my hands steady. Also, I had to clone out a lot of disturbing twigs. Hence I have those PP issues. I am missing a tripod badly and should get one soon.