Great Kiskadee

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Had a weekend trip to south Texas a few weeks ago.
My first serious attempt at a setup, and my conclusion was:
1) setups are *not* easy
2) Alan Murphy is an absolute genius
3) If I hadn't bought and read Alan's ebooks, I had no chance. I learned so much by reading them and trying his different techniques in the field.

1D4, 700mm,
1/1000, f 9.0, iso 800
Hide, tripod, perch imported from Austin

All comments appreciated

[Karl Egressy]

It is a real beuty, Sidharth. Nice pose, especially with the berry in the beak, excellent details and nice perch.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful image super detail, exposure and pose, the berries look good so often they can be too red!

[Morkel Erasmus]

Love the colours and exposure here!

[Marina Scarr]

I LOL when I read your thread, Sid. Many are under the impression that set ups are easy but the opposite is true. You are so right. I think you did a terrific job with this one. Love the light, the perch, the berry in the beak and the tongue. It all came together very nicely for you. I imagine this will not be your last trip to S. Texas.

[jack williamson]

The bird and perch is very sharp and the exposure is great. I like all of this.

[Satish Ranadive]

Sidharth:
Wonderful image in nice set up.Love the pose with berry in beak,beautiful colors,details,lovely perch and BG.
Very nice composition too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Mark Jones]

Lovely image and the berry in the mouth is the icing on the cake. Top marks all around.

[David Salem]

Beautiful shot with great techs and exposure. Love the detail, colors and the smooth BG. The pose with the berry in the mouth adds allot of interest. Very Nice.

[gail bisson]

You nailed this one Sid!
Love the light , the berry in the mouth and the light,
Gail

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thank you all for the comments. Much appreciated.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Just perfect. The light is gorgeous , great perch,great pose and a berry on top. sweet

[PhilCook]

Wow those berries contrast wonderfully with the bird and backdrop, liking aldso the drooping direction of perch also...ticking all the right boxes and the in mouth berry takes it over the top.....excellent photography !

[Frank Schauf]

Wonderful pose, colors and white details.

[Shawn Zierman]

This looks so much like an Alan Murhphy image, that prior to opening the image, I assumed it was
going to be a workshop frame....which is a compliment to you btw. Beautiful image in all regards.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thank you all for the comments.

This looks so much like an Alan Murhphy image, that prior to opening the image, I assumed it was
going to be a workshop frame....which is a compliment to you btw. Beautiful image in all regards.

Thanks Shawn. That's a big compliment!

[Tim King]

Nice sharp photo. I like how you can see the tongue. Fine job as usual.