Siberian Stonechat

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Posting after a long time. Returned home from Bangalore after 2 months.

A Siberian Stonechat.
Dry lake bed at Hesarghatta, Bangalore. January 2012.

| 50D | 400mmf/5.6L | 1/800s | f/5.6 | ISO-400 | +1 Step|

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Thanks for C&C.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Welcome back! Looks like a beautiful little bird. I like the perch stem, but not so much the broken-off top of it. Super BG, you only need to eliminate the small white streak touching the back of the bird's head. IQ looks a bit degraded - perhaps due to a large crop, or the result of some PP. Head angle would have been better a few degrees more towards us.

[Sid Garige]

Very nice suggestion from Daniel Prabir. Very well composed.

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect comp and bg, nice work.