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    Default Asian Paradise Flycatcher: Male in different composition.

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    Images of Fork-tailed Flycatcher by Bill Sir and Shaft-tailed Whyard by Richard inspired me to upload me this image.
    Image was created one year back. Due to difficult composition, I was in duel mind, whether to up load or not.
    Please let me your honest opinion about composition.

    Basic editing, cropped and sharpened.NR applied to BG.
    ISO: 1600, 1/800 @ F: 5.6. Pattern metering. Exposure bias: +0.7.
    WB: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

    Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
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    What a gloriously flamboyant tail on this fellow. I wonder how these flycatchers evolved into having such fancy tails - must serve some purpose?
    Perfect lookback pose. I can imagine this being a tricky comp. I wonder what going a bit looser looks like.
    BG is what it is. Well done Satish!

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    Wow, what for a fantastic bird. I think it is not easy to capture this bird complete. The lookback pose is great. Exposure control, too.
    BG, ok ... is what it is.

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    The composition fits the bird. Nice looking back pose and the tail is just amazing, Satish.

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    Hi Satish, thats one long tail, and a vertical was the only way to go here, maybe adds touch to the LHS. I do like the look back pose, and you have exposed the colours on the bird nicely. Im fine with the BG, I would maybe just tone it down a touch.

    I would like to see this fellow in flight.

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    Awesome shot, Satish. What a magnificent bird. I like the ultra-vertical comp; would make a handsome bookmark. I rather like the painterly BG, but it looks like you did some cloning, and/or a blur layer with partial opacity?

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    You really don't have much choice with your composition here. I can't believe how longgggg this bird's tail is. It's crazy long. If you have it, I would give it a little more room all around. It seems a little bit squeezed into the frame.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Bowie View Post
    Hi Satish, thats one long tail, and a vertical was the only way to go here, maybe adds touch to the LHS. I do like the look back pose, and you have exposed the colours on the bird nicely. Im fine with the BG, I would maybe just tone it down a touch.

    I would like to see this fellow in flight.
    Thanks a lot for the comments,Stuart Sir. Very difficult to catch in flight, but sure I will post flight some day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Dix View Post
    Awesome shot, Satish. What a magnificent bird. I like the ultra-vertical comp; would make a handsome bookmark. I rather like the painterly BG, but it looks like you did some cloning, and/or a blur layer with partial opacity?
    Thank you so much for your kind feed back and comments, Bill Sir.
    I am sorry,I forgot to mention that I have lighten the dark lines in the BG. Not a good PP work,I will take care of it. Re post is without any cloning work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marina Scarr View Post
    You really don't have much choice with your composition here. I can't believe how longgggg this bird's tail is. It's crazy long. If you have it, I would give it a little more room all around. It seems a little bit squeezed into the frame.
    Marina,
    Thank you so much for your kind feed back and comments. These two ribbon-like tail feathers are called as tail streamers,overall almost 50 cm in length. They do lose it while molting and I have just recently, photographed molting male which is just about 20 cm. I will post it soon. I have got plenty of room around bird. Here is the re post.
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    Sidharth, Holger and Karl,
    Thank you all for your nice words of appreciation.

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    Dear Satish,

    This is a beauty and I am so glad to find this post in Avian, I have an older image of a local Paradise Flycatcher and share the same dilemma: what to do with the long tail? Perhaps now I can pluck up the courage to post it Love your composition, emphasises the unusual beauty of the species and the long vertical crop resembles a book mark A very memorable and special image, thank you for sharing!

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    That is about the best shot of that guy I have ever seen. Head turn, and full tail!... Not easy.
    I have been after it for years. Just saw it in my area last week and am on the hunt.

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    Gabriela and Gary,
    Thanks a lot for the comments.
    Gary,
    I do not know what season is there right now,but they always stay near stream water. Try to find out some stagnant water in the dried stream surrounded by bushes. ( just before starting of summer season) You will find them early in the morning taking baths.

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    Satish-wow, nice capture. I rather prefer the first post for it's muted BG though I would include a little room to the left (not much more) and crop the right to exclude the bright vertical branch. Nicely rendered tones.

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