Blue Rock Thrush: Male.

[Satish Ranadive]

Breeds in Western Himalayas and Baluchistan, winters throughout India.

Taken in the last week. Cropped and sharpened. Perch toned down. NR applied to background. Small leaf between leg and tail is removed.

ISO: 400, 1/640 @ F: 7.1.Pattern metering. Exposure bias: +0.7.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

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

[Randy Stout]

Satish;

Your bird is sharp, well exposed, nice BG.

I like the alert, raised head position.

Good move to tone down the perch, and I could see even a bit more done.

Cheers

Randy

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Super sharp bird with good detail and nice composition. I like the space on top, perch looks good well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose, head turn, eyecontact and background. Excellent picture, Satish.

[Mike Landwehr]

Satish, a nicely balanced composition, good head angle, nice low shooting angle, and good light angle. I'd try cropping off the lower half of the perch.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, I feel you have really nailed this. Good IQ, sharp, and love the pose. I do like how the thrush pops from the smooth BG.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Satish! I like the IQ, sharpness, pose, BG and appropriate perch for the birds name.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice vertical comp, good pose...I like the bill pointing up. The vegetation at right adds interest. I'd lose the lower, smaller catchlight though.

[dankearl]

Attractive bird and A nice BG. I also like the HA on this guy.

[Sanjeevprakash]

Nice Shot,Satish.Excellent composition and pretty sharp bird.Like the BG color as well. TFS

[David Salem]

Nice shot Satish, Great exposure, details, HA, catch light, perch, BG and comp. Good work.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot.
I really love the pose, wonderful background, nice details, and great comp.
Very well done.

[Ivan Ellison]

Nice image of a lovely bird. only ever seen them at distance in Europe, this makes me want to get much closer. well exposed and a great pose.I would take out some of the white patches on the rock just to clean it up a little.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your kind and heart warming comment.

Regards,
Satish.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Satish,
Excellent IQ, Composition & head turn. Very nice BG. I usually shoot them near water streams from hide. Did you use a hide for this shot?

[Satish Ranadive]

Satish,
Excellent IQ, Composition & head turn. Very nice BG. I usually shoot them near water streams from hide. Did you use a hide for this shot?

Thanks a lot for the comments.No,I did not use hide.
They are photographed in open(on the old Fort),but difficult to shoot.Some times they come very close to you.

Regards,
Satish.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi Satish
Great exposure, details, HA, catch light, perch, BG and comp. Good work.