After some days of wait

[vishaljadhav]

Actually this is a local flycatcher , however this year it has eluded me all the time, finally got it on monday.

Called the tickell's blue flycatcher , this is a male of the specie .

5D MIII + 400 f 2.8 + 2X TC
1/640 , 7.1 , ISO 1000


Thanks for looking , critiques and suggestions are welcome

[Sachin Saraf]

Vishal, I was not lucky to have got such opportunity. This is wonderful image with nice clear view of bird, BG, Head angle, Sharpness and details...I think adding some contrast will help this already very good image...also I am not big fan of square crops so I can see this cropped slightly from our left..Wish perch was little smaller but that is something we can not control unless it is a setup.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Very sharp and good composition in general. I agree more contrast would help this one pop...especially on the perch and BG. Nicely done.

[Sachin Saraf]

I really liked this image especially because I could not find this bird during my visit to India :-)

Looks like you recovered too much shadow details on this one...I tried to fix it...let me know what you think.

[Don Nelson]

Cool pose and great color
Agree it needs more contrast.
A little eye work on the large catchlight might be in order, if it were mine.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice shot of the original one. I was also wondering to go darker a bit especially og the perch, Vishal. Sachin repost solved most of the little problems of the origina.

[PhilCook]

Congratulations on scoring a lovely image after trying for a long time, the HA is excellent as is the clutter free composition...such a lovely looking species Sachin.

The original does seem to lack contrast, making it look somewhat washed out and faded...the re post has improved somewhat, but I think even more contrast is needed.

I had a play with it simply by adjusting levels with an extra tweak on the tail......adjustment from a RAW file would yield much better results....a lovely image and worth adjusting a little more

[MohsenVahedipour]

Congrats for this capture. Very lovely bird with excellent IQ, pose & BG. Great improvement on second post.

[vishaljadhav]

I get the point however the finesse is missing with me still, tried to process it back to incorporate some of the suggestions above let me know your views

[David Salem]

Beautiful bird and great pose and HA. Details look nice and the BG is very creamy. When I looked at the OP there is haze on the whole frame. Not sure if it might have been over exposed or what. Phils repost really worked wonders and your final looks great too. Nice.

[vishaljadhav]

Thanks friends