Jungle Bushquail

[subramanya_ck]

Hi,

I made this image of Jungle Bushquail in last monsoon in Bangalore. Light was fading fast, hence used a larger ISO..

EXIF as below..

Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4X II TC on Canon 5D Mark III
Aperture priority
f/8, 1/640, ISO-1000

Comments & Critics are most welcome..

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Subbu, I like the low angle and inquisitive pose, and I do like the colourful feather detail. I quite like your pano crop.

[gail bisson]

Very nice. I have never seen an image of this bird on BPN so a nice treat to see it.
Nice colors. Nice POV
I find the green in the BG quite overwhelming and I would desaturate it by lifting the exposure first and if not enough then desaturating the green.
Composition is always a personal taste thing but I could see a version with some off the right.
Gail

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Very interesting looking bird. Like all the feather detail and nice catchlight. Green BG works well with the warm tones on the bird.



Geoffrey

[William Dickson]

First time I have seen one aswell. The bird looks nice and sharp, the low angle is perfect and the BG compliments very well. Very nice Well done

[mohammad reza shahab]

I like the low angle,BG and color.very good feather detail.

[Tiago Caravana]

I like the awesome bird (didn't knew it), IQ, POV and landscape crop. I do like the clean green BG, but agree that it's a bit overwhelming. Good work!!!

[Grace Scalzo]

ISO of 1000 is nothing for the 5d3. Great looking bird, agree that the green tends to dominate the frame. Looking forward to more of your images.

[subramanya_ck]

Thank you all. Really encouraging words !!! I prefer pano crop over 4:3 mainly because I view these photos either on my MAC or iPad, or my S4.. all these devices have aspect ratio of 16:9 and pano crop really look good on these screens.... Thanks again for your kind words..

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely low angle and beautiful details. For me the pano would have worked better if the head had been parallel to the back of the camera. As is, I would crop from the right and add to the top.
I'm not on a calibrated monitor right now, but having lived through many Indian monsoons, the greens look like they should to me.
ISO 1000 is a walk in the park for the 5D3. A very lovely image. Looking forward to more.

PS: I would have liked if the bird's left eye was either fully visible or not visible at all. Ideal for me would have been head parallel to back of the camera.