Asian Openbill portrait.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in the Jan,2015. Highly cropped image.

Basic editing, curves and levels to whole image.

ISO: 200, 1/1000 @5.6. Manual settings. 550d, 100-400 mm.

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

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, lovely pose, and I like the hint of the feathers on the bill. The IQ is not quite there in this - is it a large crop. I also feel you need to run some NR on the BG, which for ISO 200 shouldnt be there.

[dankearl]

i agree that this is not your normal fine IQ with the noise, but this is a nice subject that a few tweaks would fix....

[John Robinson]

Points already raised Satish
I reckon abit more canvas on the right and a sliver off the top- but no big deal.
John

[Karl Egressy]

Impressive beak this bird has, Satish. Well captured, nice portrait.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, the heavy crop did indeed affect the image's IQ. I like the feathers in the bill telling the story of a preening bird.

[adrian dancy]

The IQ is damaged by the close crop. The detail seems to be holding up so I'd experiment with a composition that allows for as much of the bird as possible.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your feed back and comments. Yes, it is heavy crop.

Regards,
Satish.