Superb Starling Portrait

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Camera	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Exposure	(1/800)
Aperture	f/5.6
Focal Length	700 mm
ISO Speed	1000
Exposure Bias	+1/3 EV

Handheld lying flat on the ground......with 500 II+1.4 III

[jack williamson]

Great color, lovely BG. From the top of the wing down seems a little bright, love that big bright eye.

Jack

[Karl Egressy]

Nice details and colors. The beak seem to be less sharp and turning away from the camera. F stop of 7.1 or 8.0 would have helped to get the beak more sharp.

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb image. Nice colors and details. Love the blues and eye. Rest is mentioned above.Where did you photographed this beauty?.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This was photographed at Lake Nakuru, Kenya. Thanks Satish!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very cool bird, pose, light and sharpness. HA is not the best as the bird is looking away.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sanjeev, the light has brought out the iridescence nicely, and what a lovely clean eye. If this were mine, as the wing is falling out of the DOR range, I would have cropped up from the bottom to the top of the wing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A better HA would have made for a stronger portrait IMO, and would also likely have brought the tip of the bill in focus as pointed out by Karl. Good details and colours, and a nice smooth BG.