Indian Roller: Take off.

[Satish Ranadive]

This image was created today morning. Cropped for composition, sharpened, pupil darkened and perch in between wings is removed.NR applied to BG.

ISO: 800, 1/3200, F: 5.0.Evaluating metering. 550D, 400mm.

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

[David Salem]

Not sure if its my eyes this late at night, if not, see what others see, but it looks like there is a haze over the entire frame. The capture is awesome with the head being sharp and those beautiful wings posed after take off. I shoot shots like this allot and wondered if you setup on this bird and pre front focused to capture this. Very nice capture.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Satish, great flight pose of this lovely colorful bird. I agree it seems to lack a bit of contrast. Otherwise nice shot.

[PhilCook]

Another great image of these amazing looking birds, liking very much the wing symmetry as well....yes to needing a contrast tweak

[Mike Landwehr]

Hi Satish, a nice capture of a beautiful bird. Very nice head angle, and I really like the dangling feet. The colors are lovely. I agree that additional contrast would be helpful. The shortened perch does look a bit strange. The remaining perch is so substantial, the brain really expects to see it extend above the birds wings. I wonder if the image might look more natural with the complete perch, or the perch totally removed?

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you for your comments.Here is the re post with increased contrast and slight saturation.

[Satish Ranadive]

Sorry, I have attached another version.Here is OP reworked.




Satish.

[gail bisson]

Hi Satish,
The OP has that funny haze over the frame and the repost is way too contrasty.
The cloning work needs some fine tuning and I would remove the entire perch as it seems large and out of place. Or, just leave the perch as is,
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

Hi Satish,
The OP has that funny haze over the frame and the repost is way too contrasty.
The cloning work needs some fine tuning and I would remove the entire perch as it seems large and out of place. Or, just leave the perch as is,
Gail

Thanks a lot Gail, Here is the post without perch and less contrast.
Can you tell me how to remove images in pan# 6&7.


Satish.

[Faraaz Abdool]

Hey Satish, great sharp shot you have here of a beautiful bird not always seen in flight. The colours look a bit over-saturated though. The blues in the wings may be burning their channel. Your final RP looks great otherwise, although the visible feet make it seem that he has just taken off from somewhere. So the lack of a perch here is a double edged sword!

[Karl Egressy]

I like the lact version the best, Satish. Good call on the removal of the stick.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, your Indian rollers and our Lilac breasted rollers show such awesome colours when they are in flight, and you have shown that nicely with this take off shot. Well timed too.

Your repost in pane #9 has turned out much better. I feel we should leave pane#6&7 for others to see your steps.

[PhilCook]

Last repost is working very well Satish....lovely image !

[Dan Brown]

Great capture with fantastic blues! I like the last repost. I would add a little brightening to the eye to finish it off!