D800
300mm f/2.8G VR II with TC-17E II
500mm
ISO 1000
f/6.3 at 1/250s
Manual mode
Matrix Metering
AF-C, Dynamic 9 points
Auto white balance
Tripod inside a hide
Taken at home, bait with rice.
Cropped from 7360x4912 to 4034x3016
Adjusting WB, highlight recovery, tone down on the right side of the bird, lighten up on the left, rotate image, curve, clone out dust spot, NR and sharpen.
Side lighting but I kind of like the pose given from the bird.
Very nice shot. I really like the pose, sharp, and great background. A tad more dof would have been nice to get lower part of the bird in focus along with the perch.
Well done.
Interesting bird and pose but in this case the too-bright high key does not work for me as the WHITEs on our right are very bright.
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I love the pose, it outweighs the dof problem. The head is soo big compared to the rest of the bird so the rest of the photo looks fine being soft and mostly white as it helps to draw attention to that beak.
Balancing Scaly-breasted Munia
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