Verditer Flycatcher

[rahul belsare]

Gear used here for this photo is
Nikon D7100
Nikkor 400mm F2.8 vrII
1.4 TC
Tripod
This is shot in Sattal India.

Thanks in advance for your valuable critics.

[Doug West]

A couple of things...

1. I'd clone out the seed (I'm actually not sure what it is, but I think you'll understand).
2. Maybe take off a little from the bottom. You don't want the perch to be so big that it
overpowers the bird. But just a little in this case.
3. I think you should be posting in the Avian section. These are pretty darn good.

Doug

[rahul belsare]

Thanks doug for your valuable suggestions. Yes there are seeds but i didn't clone them as they were not planted by me. And i was also not sure about this composition, but actually it was inspired by Sir Alen Murphy's photographs, so thought of taking the chance. And thanks for the comment, but i think i still have to learn so many things in photography so posting in this forum. Surely will be posting in avian forum in some days. Thanks again.


Rahul.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Beautiful shot, Rahul! Nice colors, pose & BG.

The seed's not bothering me but I agree with Doug's crop suggestion. And there's no reason why a shot like this should not be in the Avian forum (we all still have some things to learn but that does not turn a good pic into anything else...).

[Diane Miller]

Very nice! A nice pose and a sharp capture. I also think a little crop up from the bottom would be an good alternative, but it's not a serious problem.

I don't know the bird but the image looks to me to have a slight yellow-green color cast. It could just be the natural colors of the perch and background, but I think it would be worth checking some alternative color balance settings. A camera doesn't always capture the correct color balance, and the presets for different lighting conditions are often not good.

Was this shot in raw? What was the conversion software?

If it was shot in raw, it should also be possible to bring out a little more detail in the darks.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Rahul, And welcome. Nice bird that looks fairly sharp. With the large perch the bird looks lost in a big frame.... Can you get closer? Was this at a feeder set-up?

No matter who put the seeds there they are distracting :).

Thanks a stack to your membership support.

[rahul belsare]

Thank you once again Arthur Morris and Diane Miller. I have tried to edit the image according to your suggestions. Once again this is not the shot on any feeder set-up. Diane Miller, yes this is shot in RAW and conversion software is View NX2 and for further editing I have used Photoshop CS6. Thank you again for your valuable support. Please do revert on the corrections I made here.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

I love the RP Rahul! Much more focus on the bird than in the OP! Nice!

[Arthur Morris]

Framing much better but IQ declined with the crop...