Mourning Dove

[Indranil Sircar]

Taken at Don Edwards S.F.Bay National Wildlife Refuge... Cloned some branches and lightened the background...

Canon 40D + Sigma 50-500 F4-6.5 APO DG HSM on Mongoose 3.5a
ISO 400, 1/400 sec, 500mm at f9, exp comp. 0

Your comments and feedback would be appreciated.

~ Indranil

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice light and BG. I might clone out the branch on the left and add a bit more room at the right. The bird looks a bit soft on my monitor.

[Linda Robbins]

How that beautiful bg compliments the bird's colors. Very nice pose and lovely light. I agree with Axel that the branch on the right detracts, and a little selective sharpening of the bird will improve this very nice image.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi,
I like the image and capture, I did a few modifications to your composition. The vertical branch to the left of your bird was distracting and taking the attention away from your subject, so I cloned it out. I gave you more room to the right of the frame for the tail, and also added more canvas to the left. I cropped the composition into a pano taking 1/4 from the bottom and from the top. Gave you a sprinkle of selective sharpening on the head, feet and upper wing section...:cool:

[Indranil Sircar]

Axel, Linda, thank you so much for our feedback.

Hi Gus, I like it very much. Thank you for highlighting the changes.

[Arthur Morris]

Hhi Indranil, Nice bird, nice image, and a great re-post by Gus.

[Simon Bennett]

I like the pastel tones, pose and detail. Also agree with removing the branch at left.

[Indranil Sircar]

Artie, Simon, thank you so much for your comments. Best Regards.