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    This shot taken in North-east of Tehran(Telow).
    D300 - Sigma 500mm F4.5 - S 1/320 - F 8 - ISO 200

    Look forward to your comments and critiques
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    Terrific background and great pose of a very nice species. The head turn is not the best and I wonder if you have another image of the same series with a better head turn and eye contact. That would be great! The perch is not very interesting/nice and I strongly encourage you to look for more beautiful/natural perches (I am asuming that this image is from a se-tup, isn´t it?). A litle bit increase of the contrast would also improve the result.
    I am really glad to see images/species from that part of the world. Keep them coming

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    Hello Juan
    I didn't use setup or blind to shoot this bird and the perch was there as a tiny tree which most recently planted . I'm agree with you about the shape and appearance of perch but there were no more choices for do something else . I have another shots of this kind of birds in different situation and different plant , Try to post some other poses in next days .
    thank you so much for your comment ,its really helpful for future shots .
    Last edited by Behzad Farahanchi; 12-11-2008 at 09:49 AM.

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    Can you pull up any detail in the forward part of the head/eye area? Try to mask that area and do a "shadow/highlight" and lighten up the bit of catch light in the eye. Great capture overall. Bob

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    Behzad, Welcome. You had a very nice bird and a fairly good situation but do understand that if you press the shutter when the bird's head is turned away from you you have zero chance of making a good image. I love the BKGR and I love that the color of the lower BKGR matches the color on the bird's back.
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