Portrait: Malabar Whistling-Thrush.

[Satish Ranadive]

Taken a couple of weeks back in very low lights in shade. Full frame.
Catch lights in the eye removed. Sharpened and NR applied to background. Small branches above the head are cloned.

ISO: 6400, 1/500 at 5.6, Evaluating metering, Exposure bias: +1.3 stop. Subject distance: 5m.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 100-400.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are much appreciated.
Kind Regards.

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

You did a very nice job preserving detail at that iso. Nice blues, good choice on that much EC.

The critical focus appears to be on the wings, and the head is a bit soft.

Could consider moving him a bit to the left in the frame if you have more canvas on the right.

Cheers

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Randy Sir,
Thanks for the kind comments.Feathers of head,neck and chest of this bird are very soft in nature.
Since it is full frame,I will increase the canvas on right and move him on the left.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, lovely blues, and I like the folded wings. Good IQ for such a high ISO, and agree to move him to the left a bit more.

[Shawn Zierman]

Beautiful bird and congrats on a pretty sweet full frame composition!
The tail and primaries of the bird are definitely sharper than the head.
You shot this wide open at very close range, zooming back just a bit
might have given you what you needed to get the head in (critical) focus in terms
of increased dof...or, just a bit more care in placement of the focus point...
One of the factors working against you getting the head in focus here (at f5.6) imo
was the shooting angle too...a more "eye level" shooting angle might have helped...

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great critique and advice by Shawn that I agree with. Beautiful bird, perch, BG.

[PhilCook]

Amazing high ISO quality Satish, liking the folded wings over the back