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Sidharth Kodikal
07-11-2011, 10:13 PM
1d Mark IV, 500 f4 + 1.4x
1/500, f8, iso 800, hide
This is a first year male (thanks John Chardine and Paul Guris for the ID confirmation)
Not as colorful as the "painted" full adult, but still a beautiful bird.
I wasn't going to keep this image initially, but I liked the cherubic pose.
BG is distant dried grass/vegetation, thanks to the extreme drought conditions.
Cropped from a horizontal original and cloned out a couple of leaves entering the frame.
Paul Randall
07-12-2011, 03:39 AM
Love the pose and can't believe you were thinking of binning it:eek: I would maybe have stuck with the horizontal if there are no distraction on either side but overall a great capture:bg3:
DanWalters
07-12-2011, 06:55 AM
Great pose! LIke the color of the background.
Wynand van Wyk
07-12-2011, 07:31 AM
Love that background as well. Super pose and detail! Ditto that a other perch would have added, but this is superb!
Very well done!:S3:
Stu Bowie
07-12-2011, 09:28 AM
Sidharth, good symmetrical wing position, and glad that he turned his head slightly. I do like the yellow's and green's on the bunting, and of course the BG really stands out. I can see your thinking for a vertical, but I can also see this as your original horizontal, with a central placement of the bunting. :w3
Tin Man Lee
07-12-2011, 12:10 PM
Fantastic background and nice feature. Love the wing pose that looks like a fan in the back.
Daniel Cadieux
07-12-2011, 12:56 PM
"Cherubic pose"....I like that!:c3: Nice image all around, and I love the single leaf on the perch. As a vertical I'd prefer the subject lower in the frame, but still a sweet sweet image
Rudi van den Heever
07-12-2011, 01:01 PM
Stunning BG with good detail and very interesting wing position!:S3:
John Chardine
07-12-2011, 05:04 PM
Great to see this young one Sidharth! The pose is unique and I love it- a classic moment in time. Beautiful background too. Agree with Daniel- I don't see any need for so much space below. As it stands you have more room below than above, which is counter to the cherubic feeling.
Jim Crosswell
07-12-2011, 06:44 PM
Beautiful image Sidharth! I like the wing position, colours and details.
Sidharth Kodikal
07-12-2011, 09:16 PM
Thank you all for the kind comments and feedback. I will certainly try the proposed comps.
Dumay de Boulle
07-13-2011, 05:36 AM
I like it. Great Bg and unusual wing position.
Kaustubh Deshpande
07-13-2011, 10:23 AM
Siddharth, best part is the pose. Without those wings, the head-on angle would not have worked....terrific shot.
Cheryl Arena Molennor
07-13-2011, 09:33 PM
I also like the cherubic pose and it is just that. I relly like the perch and usually like the greens that are attached but for some reason that green leaf keeps distracting me. I'm glad you didn't throw this one out. I think it's great and very different from the norm.
arash_hazeghi
07-14-2011, 02:54 AM
great pose and a nice BG! so you got the 500? good choice!
Sidharth Kodikal
07-14-2011, 10:41 AM
Thanks for all the comments.
so you got the 500? good choice!
Yes! Got all my excuses out of the way ;)
(well, the only one left is that I wish my town was birdier :)
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