Crown Hoopoe

[Ritesh Nangare]

Common Hoopoe,

The crest of the bird look awesome in this image , it is very common bird as the name suggest but he hardly open up his crest.
clone out some Branches.

Here are the exif.

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Date/Time 11/08/12 11:18:49 AM
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2000
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
ISO Speed 160
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
Focal Length 700.0mm

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking crest indeed. Nice image, Ritesh.

[Jeannean Ryman]

What an awesome bird to be so "common"! He looking pretty proud of that crest. Nice capture.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Real sweet image. Great looking bird. Might just take a little off the left side.

[Richard Unsworth]

Oh so hard to get; striking pose, well done

[Robert Holguin]

Great shot.
I really like the raised crest, great side lighting, and nice pose.
Don't know if it's just me, but I'm seeing some noise on the tail and perch.
Still a great shot.
Well done.

[Norm Dulak]

Stunning bird, well posed and captured. Well done!

If it were mine, I might tweak a few things. There is a small spot in the sky to the right of the top of the bird's crest. I'd clone that out. For me, the sky is a little too rich a blue color. I'd brighten it a bit. Finally, the perch is a little too dark for me. I'd use something like PS SH to lighten it somewhat and to increase the bark definition.

But this is very nice as is.

Norm

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

This bird is so cool and I have been seeing it posted a lot lately. Nice job getting the crest up. Agree about the spot.

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful image of Hoopoe with very nice crest.Rest is perfect in all respects.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ritesh Nangare]

Stunning bird, well posed and captured. Well done!

If it were mine, I might tweak a few things. There is a small spot in the sky to the right of the top of the bird's crest. I'd clone that out. For me, the sky is a little too rich a blue color. I'd brighten it a bit. Finally, the perch is a little too dark for me. I'd use something like PS SH to lighten it somewhat and to increase the bark definition.

But this is very nice as is.



Norm

Dear Norm ,
First of thanks for the appreciation and your complements on my image ,
The small spot you talking about its fly which caught in the frame accidentally, and its look natural when you see fly's around the bird and animals... from my point of view . I am agree with you on the sky's Blue color.