Crested Bunting.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image is from archive.
Basic editing. Cropped for composition and sharpened. Few leaves and OOF branches on the right side of BG are removed.


ISO: 400, 1/500 @6.3. Pattern metering. Exposure Bias,+1.7. HH. 550d, 100-400 mm.

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

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, lovely look back preening pose, and I like the colours on this fellow. Im finding your comp a bit 'top heavy' on the RHS. Either having a bit of foliage on the LHS to balance the comp, or you could have moved to your right to 'exclude' the foliage.

[William Dickson]

Lovely preening pose Satish, and great colour on the bird. Not sure about the comp though. Good advice from Stu. Thanks for sharing

Will

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you Stuart Sir, yes it is not balanced. Here is the original image.



Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you William for the comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Diane Miller]

Lovely image with great sharpness on the bird. I like the more natural look of the RP, but might crop a little off the top and left. Great cleanup job on the OP, though! If I were to use that version, I'd just consider cropping some from the left. There is a lot of empty space there that doesn't balance the weight of the right side.