Small guy

[vishaljadhav]

A small sunbird , endemic to the Western ghats of India
This one is a fast bird hyper active , shot from the window of the car on a bean bag


5D MIII + 400 f2.8 + 2x tc
1/320 , f7.1 , ISO 1000



i liked the bird placed between the leaves of this small plant, the birds feed on these flowers for nearly a month at the end of the monsoons .

let me know if you like this, critiques are always welcome, helps me learn

vishal

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Vishal, lovely setting with the colourful flowers, and yes, nicely posed between the two leaves. Im glad you left space at the end of the two leaves, but wish you hadnt cut off the flower below the sunbird. The IQ on the sunbird is lacking, as if this was a large crop, but lovely colours shown throughout the sunbird. I do like the BG too.

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful setting great pose, eye contact and nice colors, Vishal. Composition wise I would like to have more room on the right and bottom and just a little less on the left.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I agree that it needs a sliver more below and on the RHS.
I love the vibrancy and the colours. I would tone down overall brights with a luminosity mask. The blacks on the bird look like you did a lot of shadow recovery?

[hennieloots]

Hi Vishal - Nice pose comp with great colors. I also wished for a lesser crop possible to improve the IQ on the beautiful bird.
TFS.Cheers
Hennie

[Arthur Morris]

I love it as is. The colors and the image design. And especially the perfect head angle.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose, colors and awesome design but I agree IQ is lacking a bit with too much noise

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful colors and I like the placement of the bird. Those leaves are great

[vishaljadhav]

I got this a bit under, so yes there is a recovery in post.

Went back the next week have not downloaded those but i used a fill flash to get better result in there, the challege is to meter it right, as the over all brightness with the greens and the flowers is to bright , let me see what i have not got in this round

[Vivaldo Damilano]

I really like the frame and colours. A bit of fill flash would work very nicely, get the bird to pop a little more, nice work.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Beautiful setting, love how the bird is nicely frame between the greens. Excellent.
IQ/noise noted. Fill flash definitely ought to help. Looking forward to more Vishal.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image, beautiful colors and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the comp and colours as is. Wowie! I do agree the blacks look recovered and details a bit coarse...but a fine image indeed!

[Tim King]

Love the crop and placement of the bird as is. Would benefit by toning down the overall brightness for a more realistic setting (light wise). Fine job once again.