Long-tailed Shrike.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created on 16th of Jan,2015. Basic editing, cropped for composition and NR applied to BG.

ISO :400, 1/1000,@5.6.Manual.550D,100-400.

Thanks for viewing ,appreciation, comments and critiques.
Kind Regards.
Satish.

[keith mitchell]

That looks very nice Satish,lovely colours and sharpness on the bird and a great looking b/g.
Keith.

[Lyle Gruby]

This is gorgeous Satish--beautiful light, bird, neat and different perch. IQ looks great. I think I probably crop in slightly more overall and move the bird slightly to the right of the frame.

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

Good comments from the guys. Bird is quite nice, good catchlight, interesting perch with texture/details, without being overpowering.

I am seeing just a little bit of subtle poseterization in the bg, probably from the jpeg conversion process.

Cheers

Randy

[Phill Luckhurst]

Lovely image, I too would like the crop mentioned above.

The posterization looks a little like you get from Topaz De-Noise.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, I like the soft light in this, together with the slight head tilt. Good detail and colours on the shrike, and your comp works well.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, nicely shown. Similar but different from the Loggerhead Shrike found in Florida. Thank you for sharing.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Fantastic image Satish. Sweet light, pose and details. Nice exposure and perfect composition. I always admire your field craft - how you manage to get these small birds with a 400mm reach without camo or a hide.