Side Lit

[vishaljadhav]

This is a Chestnut tailed starling a male, he was trying to make some sound with puffing the throat and the light was from the side, thought it was interesting to make this image,

5D MIII + 400 f2.8 + 2x
f 7.1 , 1/125, ISO 1000,
Light was low some rays were passing which more of glowed the throat area



Critiques and suggestions are welcome
let me know if this works as a composition, i could have cloned the stick in front but kept it as i liked the moss

vishal

[adrian dancy]

Nice pose and detail. You might wish to clone out the sawn off twig left of image.

[Richard Stern]

Hi, Very interesting and unusual- looking bird and pose. I like the illumination of the throat. I don't mind the sawn off twig. I wonder if the greens in the bg could be toned down a bit. Richard

[Karl Egressy]

I love this image. Looks great!!!. Nice pose, background and perch.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot.
Great looking bird.
I really like the perch, very nice background, and great pose.
Well done.

[David Salem]

The unique pose and subject makes this one for me. I like the perch with the moss and the feather detail looks good too. I agree on toning down the green area a bit in the BG. Well done.

[Alan Murphy]

Killer BG, killer perch, killer bird and killer image.

[jack williamson]

Excellent detail, HA, pose. The perch is awesome.

Jack

[Raymond Lee]

Nice capture. I like the perch as well. Perhaps more room on the left and less on the right would be better (as in shifting bird/perch to the right).

[Matthew Studebaker]

oh man - best bird image I have seen this week. great perch, interesting color changes in the bg, really really great pose, and the light works well here too. nice one.

[Amol Khedgikar]

Cracker of an image Vishal, Lovely everything. The sawn off perch and the hanging moss behind the tail are a slight distraction for me. But like it as presented. LIke the details in the feathers as well.
Where did you take this?

[vishaljadhav]

Cracker of an image Vishal, Lovely everything. The sawn off perch and the hanging moss behind the tail are a slight distraction for me. But like it as presented. LIke the details in the feathers as well.
Where did you take this?

Amol this was made in Dandeli Wildlife sanctuary (Karnataka)

[mohammad reza shahab]

nice perch,pose and Excellent BG.