Beautiful female

[vishaljadhav]

This one is a female of the Whitebellied blue flycatcher, the difference in the male and female is huge there is no blue in the female and the orange in front is absent in the male, sometime even mistaken as two different species by new bird watchers
The flycatcher is endemic to the Western Ghats
Made this image a month back

ISO 1000 , f 7.1 , 1/50
5D MIII + 400 f 2.8 L IS + 2X tc

Critiques and Comments welcome.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely soft light , ideal pose and excellent exposure, there are multiple highlights in the eye, not normally a problem for me but I think in this case I would tidy up a little.

[David Salem]

Very nice shot Vishal. I like the light, feather detail, comp and BG. The eye highlights in this case are probably better off left alone IMO. It looks ok and its complex enough that trying to clean it up might look worse. Well done

[Karl Egressy]

Love the soft light and the nice details, Vishal.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Vishal,

Excellent image of the flycatcher. The detail in the breast is all there, and the slightly muted colors are nice.

I would, if you aren't opposed to it, remove the off branch on the left side of the image.

Miguel

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Vishal, tack sharp where it counts, and you have brought out the finer detail nicely. Lovely soft light, colours look good, and agree cleaning up the eye wont harm this.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice, I like the pose and details. Agree with "doctoring" the eye a bit. not a big fan of the 2nd oof branch

[vishaljadhav]

nice, I like the pose and details. Agree with "doctoring" the eye a bit. not a big fan of the 2nd oof branch

Hi Arash,
i like the suggestions of the eye and also the OOF branch, i may like to do however currently it not a question of preference for me , its more of question of the skill in PP, i am not good at it i tried the OOF branch and it doesnt look great about the eye i just get petrified even touching it
Guess as time passes and my PP skill get better i may be able to attempt these things however currently i am no good with it and it may spoil the image IMO

[arash_hazeghi]

Vishal,
do you have Artie's ABP guide? it will help you improve post processing skills by a lot!

[christopher galeski]

nice image Vishal,the bird is well sharp,nice light,agree about the removing the second branch.

[Satish Ranadive]

Vishal:
Every thing has been said about this wonderful image with beautiful colors,backdrop,nice details and lovely composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, sharpness, light, BG and composition. Good suggestions above. Nice image!