A Simple Composition

[vishaljadhav]

This is a common bird around the water bodies in my area, the open billed stork. The bill as you can see is having a gap which is used by these birds to crush the snails .

Was made from a boat with a monopod

5D MIII + 400 f 2.8 + 2x tc

1/2000, f 7.1 , ISO 1000


Critiques and comments are welcome

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Vishal, its strange how we take our local visitors for granted, whilst others are falling over each to get just one shot. I like the soft light in this, feather detail shows up nicely, although I would selectively sharpen the head. Great view of the 'open' bill, and Im glad you left the few blades of grass in the water. I feel you could maybe boost the contrast on the stork. Hope you dont mind, here is my version with some tonal contrast on the stork only. I also selectively sharpened the head and bill.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Great sighting Vishal, and great capture! Stuart's enhancement certainly does justice to this wonderful image. I only wish you had a bit more space in the foreground- even though the legs of the subject are not visible, somehow I wish the image would allow for the full length of the legs...

Kind regards

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Vishal, I like the small changes done by Sutart. very effective. Nice composition indeed. I like the calm water a lot.

[vishaljadhav]

Hi Vishal, its strange how we take our local visitors for granted, whilst others are falling over each to get just one shot. I like the soft light in this, feather detail shows up nicely, although I would selectively sharpen the head. Great view of the 'open' bill, and Im glad you left the few blades of grass in the water. I feel you could maybe boost the contrast on the stork. Hope you dont mind, here is my version with some tonal contrast on the stork only. I also selectively sharpened the head and bill.

Thanks Stuart for the tips , i tried to incorporate it in the image , just as a learning lesson so that i may get it right the next time

Added some sharpening to the head and the beak,increased the contrast for the image and added 8 points of black

[David Salem]

Vishal, your final post looks great and sharpened up the head nicely. The contrast boost helped too. Nice shot.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot.
Exposed very well, great feather detail, I really like the grass blades, and love the nice calm water.
Stuart's repost really took this already great shot up a notch.
Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image of openbill. Very simple but very very sweet image.Regards,Satish.