Black bellied Bustard

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Saw them only once in my 9 day trip in Kenya . Not sure if they are that rare . Did get these lovely birds quite close too . But wanted to make a scpae which would show off the lovely habitat they inhabit .

Camera : Canon 1D Mk III
Lens : 600mm f4 IS
Aperture : f 7.1
Shutters : 1/1250
Speed : ISO 160

Cheers,
Rakesh

[Randy Stout]

Rakesh:

I like the concept, small subject in frame to show off environment. I might move him just a bit left in the frame by adding a sliver more on the right if you have it, and a corresponding crop from left.

The light angle has cast part of the birds face in shadow.

Because of the muted color palette, I find the black printing distracting.

Hope to see more images from your trip.

Cheers

Randy

[Brendan Dozier]

Nice to pull back sometimes and show the habitat, Rakesh. Like the pano, good detail & sharpness, and you can see its black belly clearly. Randy makes some good suggestions.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Rakesh, very nice environmental shot. agree with Randy on moving the bird a bit to the left. wondering how this would've looked at a wider aperture. did you get time to experiment?