Lovely blue...............

[Ritesh Nangare]

This is one of the old photographs of mine shot this last year with nikon D7000 and Sigma 150-500 mm lens..........This is the one of most beautiful bird i seen near my town.....No words for this little wonder, i love this image.
here are the exif of the image

Bird Id : Black napped Monarch

Camera Model Name NIKON D7000
Shooting Date/Time 02/24/12 ,84 AM
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/200
Av (Aperture Value) 6.3
ISO Speed 100
Lens 150.0 - 500.0mm

[PhilCook]

East to see why you like this one so much Ritesh, a stunning looking bird, such a beautiful shade of blue. Liking as well the very simplistic composition and especially with the beautifully smooth backdrop. The eye contact is very nice as well.

Seems a shame to offer any advice on such a splendid image, but would prefer to see the empty space on the right rather than the left

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely image , super bg and the blue is mind blowing
This is surely one of my favourite images of this bird.

[Sachin Saraf]

Beautiful image of this little bird..I could not see this bird during my short visit...Excellent exposure, pose, details and BG...

I would remove additional catch lights if this was mine (I really wish it was mine ;-) )

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking bird and very nice background.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Very nice image, beautiful bird, I would prefer a vertical crop.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovly bird, excellent light bg and love the vertical perch.
I initially found your comp unconventional. Thought I'd either move the bird more to the left or go vertical.
But somehow this unconventional (to me) comp is growing on me.
Is that a watermark you added on it's tail/perch?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great bird as you point out, sweet BG. Details and perch look good too. With some text at left the comp would work well but as a standalone image I'd prefer a vertical or having the subject at left.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent details, love the perch, great pose, very nice background, and nice light.

[Ritesh Nangare]

Here is the Vertical crop as all says ..........

656x800.

[Arthur Morris]

I far prefer the original post. Love the blues, the BKGR, and the somewhat unorthodox composition. Great bird!