Ashy Prinia (Juvenile) - Singing

[Munish Kaushik]

Shot this last weekend. I loved the light on the perch here.

Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100-400F4..5-5.6L IS, 1/640, ISO 250, f7.1, EV - 0, Spot Metering

Levels, Contrast & selective noise reduction from the BKGR. Also, Removed a branch to the right of the frame.

Comments & Critiques welcome.

[Shawn Zierman]

Sweet singing pose! Exposure work is solid and just ss to freeze that bill....nice!
Your posting of a 102kb size file is possibly causing some posteriztion in the background in what
would otherwise appear to be smooth bokeh...There looks to be a little photoshoppery mishap
by the end of the tail of the bird and the end of the perch moving up the right hand side of the frame...
some odd smearing....?

[Alan Murphy]

Great singing pose. Seeing some JPEG artifacts in the BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Munish:
Magnificent pose with open beak captured.Very nice colors,details and lights.Love it.
Agree with Alan about artifacts in the BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A couple of issues pointed out already, but otherwise a strong and fun image! Nice perky pose, details. I'd double the current amount of space between the lowest toe and the bottom edge...just feels a bit tight there.

[Munish Kaushik]

Thanks for feedback everybody.

I tried to rectify a couple of those but wasn't able to clear off the smudges at all places. I see it fine in PS and then when I upload it I start seeing it.. :(

[Nico Steenberg]

What a great shot and pose with well exposed detail and killer bg !