In-coming Grey Francolin

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Another one from a hide from Hampi, Karnataka, India. I could have easily cloned out the black droppings, grain from the image but left it as is.
1DX II
700mm
1/1600
f/8
ISO 800

[Jonathan Ashton]

Another nice one, maybe brush a wave or two of sharpen over the bill prior to sharpening appropriately for web, it may help a little.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev ... a nice head on / incoming pose of the francolin .
Tone and color are looking good , nice color depth !!

Sadly the focal point is not where it should be , IMHO , as to me the focus was on the breast instead of being on the head .

Jon´s suggestion will not really help here ..... from my POV .

TFS Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, in the heat of the moment you did very well. A subject coming towards you is the hardest shot, as the closer it gets the more work the camera has to do. Perhaps a tad more Exp.

TFS
Steve

[David Roach]

Love the trotting pose and SH right where it needs to be. Beautiful colors all around. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree the head and face area is not sharp with critical focus achieved on the neck-breast. Good walking pose though, and good BG too. I'm OK with the seeds, but for sure I would have removed the dark droppings.

[gail bisson]

I echo Daniel's comments . The droppings need to be cloned out for sure.
Nice low POV and light but the elephant in the room is that critical focus is on the breast.
Gail