Hoopoe

[girisholeti]

Photographed on the outskirts of Bangalore, India.

Canon 7D, Canon 500mm f4+1.4x TC, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/1250 Sec.

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[Sachin Saraf]

Beaautiful Image Girish...Lovely DOF, Details, Exposure, BG, composition, Head turn and perch...and you handled the light pretty well here to avoid any shadows on bird..

[Mital Patel]

At best one would have got it. Excellent settings and i really like you shoot at that iso regularly that shows the richness of co-operation by birds in your area with nice rich light that allows such settings :)

[Melissa Groo]

A stunner of a portrait. Fantastic pose, IQ and background. Great comp too.

[Richard Unsworth]

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Never been able to get close to one of these; lovely detail, perch and exposure

[gail bisson]

Beautiful. Great techs and beautiful head turn and BG.
Gail

[Geir Jensen]

Great image. Sharpness BG colors. well done. Regards Geir Jensen:5

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Love the head turn, great background, and excellent detail.
Well done.

[dankearl]

Agree with all of the comments, I always enjoy your photo's.
One minor Critique I have, is the shadow on the rock perch.
I might try to lighten and neutralize it a bit.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely pose and a really well chosen bg. Composition looks just right.

[RAM MALLYA]

Superb shot here loved the anthill perch and the head angle

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Nice work there Girish. Getting a Hoopoe these days in India, one has to be lucky I guess.
Beautiful perch, head angle and eye contact. May be you can lighten the shadow on the rock perch as suggested by donkearl.
Thanks for sharing.

[Doug Brown]

<embed id="application/x-exifeverywhere" type="application/x-exifeverywhere" width="0" height="0">Love the composition here. Sharpness and eye contact are excellent. Perch and BG work well with your subject. Well done!