Greater Flameback l Female

[Varun Bellie]

Location : Nilgirs- Tamilnadu- India

Tech Specs : Av mode, Evaluative metering, iso: 400, f/8, 1/250 sec, EC = 0 & almost Full Frame
Canon 7D, Canon 500mm f/4 L IS USM

[Jim Neiger]

Wow! Cool bird. I like the bg, pose, and composition. It looks like a mutant Pileated Woodpecker.

[Bill Dix]

That's one terrific woodpecker. Great color, perfect WP pose, nice detail. If you have it, a little more room on top and left might not hurt, putting the eye close to the ROT point. But a handsome image in any case.

[Mike Milicia]

What an amazing bird and very well captured! Great pose and BG with excellent exposure and detail!

I like the overall composition but I'd prefer add a little more room at the bottom to give the tip of the tail some "breathing room".

[Jon Swanson]

Great techs of a beautiful bird! I would add a little bit top and bottom if possible.

[Karl Egressy]

Cool looking bird, excellent pose and details.

[Nick Palmieri]

Cool looking bird. Nice look on his face. May tone down the tree bark a tad.

[gail bisson]

What a terrific looking woodpecker. If I recall correctly, you showed us the male last year.
I like the IQ and the composition.
Would add a bit more room below and I see a bit of a green cast in the white feathers. An easy fix for a great capture,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

This is a terrific image with wonderful details, colors, sharpness, angle. Agree on more space (left and bottom). Strong green cast here evident in the whites. Look at your white feathers that you know are supposed to be white, and you will see that they are tainted green. Do a color balance layer and move your green slider toward the magenta until the image looks right.

[Uri First]

beautiful, terrific colours and details.

[Shawn Zierman]

Awesome woodpecker! Beaaaauutiful image. Tightness of the composition has been addressed already.
Perfect head angle, nice seperation between the bird and the tree. Details are sharp!

[Greg Oakley]

Wow, killer bird beautifully shot and brilliant colours Varun! I'd possibly tone down the green b/g a tad - it's a bit fluoro!
Cheers, Greg

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
Terrific pose, really like seeing the grip on the perch, great background, and excellent details.
Nits already mentioned.
Very well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Varun, great IQ, light and details, and overall nice and sharp too. Love the colours on the wing, and agree on seeing a touch of green cast. I would only add to the bottom.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

"Hellooooooo Beautiful!" - is what I would probably say if I were the male of this species. Great capture.

I agree with Gail and Marina about the green cast, and it's an easy fix. A bit more room on the bottom for me as well. I enjoy the shot tremendously and think those two changes would put it over the top. I look forward to seeing a repost!

Miguel

[Varun Bellie]

Am not really good at photoshop... this is what I have tried
I've added some canvas on the top...also have added some space to the bottom...toned down the perch...tried removing the cast...selectively sharpened and given a little bit of saturation boost to the bird...
You guys have to tell me how it is.....
and thank you all for your kind and encouraging words.....

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Superb bird and image, the repost looks more natural and that makes it so much better.

[Kiran Poonacha]

cool image bro.. nice light ans BG..

[Tim King]

Nice clear shot of a beautiful bird, Varun. I'd stick with the original post.