‘2000th Post: Black Headed Munia.

[Satish Ranadive]

This Munia was imaged when it has landed on the ground for eating mud.
Photographed at the lowest angle I could go. Cropped and sharpened. Grass flakes from the BG removed and NR applied.

Av mode,ISO: 500, 1/640 @ F: 6.3.Evaluating metering. Exposure bias: +0.7.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

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

[PhilCook]

A brilliant image to celebrate your milestone post Satish...sharp, bright but not blown light and eye contact....you were saving this one for the occassion weren't you

Seriously though.....always enjoy your posts, quality and the variety you show Satish, may there be many many more

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Congrats Satish! Wonderful shot to celebrate your 2000th! Cheers
Sanjeev

[David Salem]

Congratulations on the milestone. You have come a long way over the past year or so. Great work on this shot with beautiful detail and exposure.look forward to 1000 more

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super techs Satish you did an excellent job there. I know you said as low as you could go, but lower would have been better, if these opportunities re-arise I would suggest you consider a bean bag to rest the camera on.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice colours, head turn and eye contact. Exposure looks good, Very nice image, Satish. Congratulations on a milestone. I appreciate your comment very much.

[Mike Landwehr]

Satish, congrats on post #2000! A big accomplishment! I like your Munia--sharp, well-exposed, with very nice colors. A good head angle, and good background when you consider the fact that you were not able to get lower. I always appreciate your comments on my posts, as well!

[Shawn Zierman]

Very nice light quality. The bird looks awesome and I like the shadow. The fg looks good.
The bg looks a little over-processed in post. The fall of in focus is too abrupt and obvious.
Congrats on 2000. Takes a dedicated approach!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Gorgeous bird, and although I would have preferred a lower angle it does work OK here. I see the same processing artifacts in the BG Shawn mentions.

Congrats on 2000...thanks you for your participation on BPN and here's to many more posts!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, congrats on your 2000, and thank you for your participation. Well exposed on this fellow, especially the blacks. Did I mention how sharp the Munia is. I have to agree that some of the BG is a bit funky, especially behind the bird.

[Greg Oakley]

Beautiful image Satish - a lower angle would have been nice, but still a lovely sharp shot,
Cheers Greg

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Satish, congrats on your 2000th post. Very nice image to commemorate it with!

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your kind word and encouragement.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

nice one Satish,love the colors,sharp,but for color,its like our Hawfinch,would not like a nip off that beakthanks.