Indian Pitta #1 (Ranthambore)

Camera: Canon 40D + TC 1.4 ExII
Lens: EF 500 F/4
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Bias : +1/3
ISO: 800

Ishmeet bhai,

Excellent speciment of birdie and that about to lift pose.
I find the sharpness overdone.

Liked the sepia tones of bg. May be chopping off from right say about an inch will be good and adding same space to left.

Nice looking bird, but definitely over sharpened. I agree on shifting the bird to the right in the frame.

It may be natural, as you haven't mentioned using flash, but I would like to see the strong second catchlight toned down or removed.

Womderful detail. The bird is a bit centered and I wish for a head turn.

Very well exposed. Would like to see this cropped to a square.

Beautiful image with lovely colours I love the pose too here , the sharpness seems to be overdone

Awesome image , Agree on everybody's comment on placing the bird on the right of the frame and wished for better HA .

I agree with the agressive sharpening, comp suggestion, and need for a better HA. Nice colours, great perch and beautiful BG.

Thank you guys for your comments, much apreciated. Will repost a corrected image in a day or so.

The pitta does look OS and the compo is a centred one . Placing it to the right would enhance this one !!

I am reposting the image after reducing the SHARPENING and changing the crop. However, I have not been able to do justice to the
cloning that I did to stretch the canvas. I will be redoing the image completely, but just wanted to repost the corrections to know if it works
this way.:S3:

Sorry I posted the wrong image in pane #11....my appologies.