Caught it !!

[vishaljadhav]

This one is a white browed fantail flycatcher, one of the local flycatchers in our area. ( butterfly is a common grass yellow)

Today morning while i was setting up my equipment this guy came up, it was early and light was not great.

5D MIII , 400 2.8 L IS, 2X TC
ISO 1000, f 7.1 , 1/60

This was a interesting event, since these guys start hunting when the sun is out when the butterflies start to fly around this one caught one resting under a leaf .

I could not get my ISO higher as in low light it may have given me more noise.


Critiques and comments are welcome.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose, I like the prey item which makes it more interesting. I wish for more DOF.

I don't understand your comments regarding ISO, the 5D3 can handle ISO 3200 with ease.

[vishaljadhav]

very nice pose, I like the prey item which makes it more interesting. I wish for more DOF.

I don't understand your comments regarding ISO, the 5D3 can handle ISO 3200 with ease.

Aarsh,
The aperture was not up since the BG is not really great and it becomes a different task to get it good.

abou the ISO i have seen that yes it performs at ISO 2000 but the quality of light needs to be a bit better than it was, other wise i see a lot of noise, in case the light quality was any better i would have got the ISO higher to give me a better shutter speed.
I may be getting it completely wrong in my logic but thats the observation which i have for last 3 months i am using it, i have shot at 2500 ISO and have had good results however that was to get a light quality which was better and to crank up the shutter speed.

[arash_hazeghi]

I think your problem is processing or exposure, not the camera

here is an example, 5D3 low light ISO 3200, taken after sunset very poor light.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Hi Vishal,

Lovely subject, great pose, and nice capture with the butterfly in the mouth.

I also think that you could have gotten away with a higher ISO. More dof (at least to get the feet in there) would have been great. I don't think there is anything that you could have done to bring any part of the BG into more focus, not at the distance that you were. With that said, you did a great job of nailing the focus on the eye.

I enjoy the photo quite a bit, and next time you can try a higher iso to get a bit more dof. Can't hurt!

Miguel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Nice capture Vishal, I like the pose, the prey in the mouth, rest has been discussed already by Arash. Well done.

[PhilCook]

Aside from already mentioned critique this is rather nice and we have the same or very similar species here we call Grey Fantails. The pose/stance is very typical of this species, they tend to be cheeky and this shows in the capture I think, the food in the mouth is great especially as it's color adds nicely to an otherwise plain colored bird, I've yet to capture one with something in it's mouth. yes to wishing for a bit more dof, but very pleasing to have got the signiture fan tail spread out.

I find overall the image looks a little hazy, perhaps a levels/contrast adjustment would remedy that

[Karl Egressy]

Nice action shot, Vishal.

[David Salem]

Nice pose and the prey adds allot. Looks like it cold use a bit of saturation boost to me. Might make up for the limited light. Techs look good too. Well done

[MohsenVahedipour]

Cute bird with excellent pose & prey item. I also wish for more DOF. TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Very nice action image with nice colorscheme and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

I love this species and I'm really digging the oof fantail here :)
Your comp is excellent imo, and your bg complements the bird.
More DOF would've been nice (I'd push the ISO on the 5D3 without hesitation) but not an image killer by any means.
The color temp is a bit cool, and I feel that there's a bit of a cyan cast. I'd add a bit more warmth, but that's about it.
TFS Vishal.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome feeding behaviour, and I really like the falling debris around the prey which implies some movement of the still alive catch...very neat. The result is very nice here with the eye sharp but I agree with the suggestion to boost the ISO (and SS) with that camera body...if only to give you a better advantage of "keeper" rate due to sharpness.