Spoonbill Portrait

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

7D and 500 II
1/2000
f/4.5
ISO 100

[gail bisson]

Hi Sanjeev,
Really like the BG.
I am surprised you got so much DOF at F 4.5 You could have increased your ISO and thus increased DOF.
The sun was quite high and I wish the eye was illuminated a bit more.
Excellent exposure on the whites.
Good composition as well,
Gail

[PhilCook]

Exposure looks excellent Sanjeev, just a bit of halo showing on the edges, lovely color tones on the extra smooth backdrop, a slight shame the dof was not deeper to get the tip of the bill in sharp focus

[vishaljadhav]

Nice composition for a portrait
The details are good, i guess the sun is over head here, which makes the yellow and red darker

[Shawn Zierman]

Beautiful subject, dig the coloration on the bill and the eye color as well.
Lower angled light quality definitely would have improved this image. Also,
being "off axis" of the light source did not help you out in terms of achieving
a decent catchlight in the eye, which is typically desirably imo. Background
control is very good. Exposure work looks solid.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Composition, BG, exposure all look A-1. Light angle is a bit off and thus has not lit the eye as much as it could have. You could lighten it during processing, it would make a big difference IMO.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sanjeev, good exposure and detail in the whites, and agree, upping your ISO would have given you room to stop down and achieve more DOF. I really like your BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Sanjeev:
Beautiful portrait.Love the way bird pops up against beautiful BG,nice details in whites and composition.

Regards,
Satish.