Rufous-tailed Weaver

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A weaver bird from Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.
5D IV
500 II L
1/4000
f/8
ISO 1600

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cool bird, nice details on the plumage. I especially like the raised feathers on the neck. I also like the way the foot is resting on the thorn. Good perch but the oof stuff at left is unfortunate. Both the head and light angles are not best they could be. I do like the smooth gray BG.

[John Mack]

The background and thorn perch are very nice. The bird's head is turned slightly away. Detail on the bird looks great.

[David Policansky]

Very nice image. I agree with Daniel about the OOF stuff at the lower left and the light, but the head angle seems just fine to me. Those are quite the thorns!

[Walker Noe]

Neat bird and perch, I agree with comments re the OOF stuff. Cloning that out would really boost this image.

[Glenn Pure]

I like this one a lot Sanjeev. Beautiful feather detail on the bird, great perch and excellent background. I can live with the OOF stuff lower left. I quite like the angled light in this one as it has shown off nice texture in the feathers and not created any nasty deep shadows.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sanjeev, excellent feather detail, and sharp where it counts. I would maybe lighten the face a touch, and overall, the Weaver pops nicely from the BG.