The Indian Roller

[Kiran Poonacha]

Earlier known as the Blue jay, Is also the State Bird of Karnataka where I am from

Spec:1/400, F 9, -1/3

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great details, head angle, light and BG. I would give it more room and remove the white spots on the lower branch.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

nice looking bird with great details and fantastic bg!

[Nate Chappell]

Gorgeous shot with great dof Kiran, congrats.

[Jan Wegener]

absolutely stunning shot, Kiran. This BG goes so well with the colorful bird :)

[Stu Bowie]

Stunning light, colours and detail in this. Pin sharp, and what a killer BG. Great image.

[Juan Aragonés]

Kiran I love this one. The pose of the bird, eye contact and head turn are perfect. Very good DOF control and the BG compliments very well the bird colors. Good job

[Tony Whitehead]

Well done, Kiran. This looks very similar to the African Liliac-breasted Roller - do you know it's scientific name? Pose, BG lovely. Plumage looks a little oversharpened on my monitor but a very nice image.

[Harshad Barve]

As usual beautiful shot.


Hi Tony
its scientific name is Coracias benghalensis :)

Harshad

[Tony Whitehead]

As usual beautiful shot.


Hi Tony
its scientific name is Coracias benghalensis :)

Harshad

Thanks Harshad. The Lilac-breasted is C.caudatus and has very similar colouring but longer outer tail feathers.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

That is a great portrait. I like it as is. Very nice bg & details makes it.
White wash is fine on the branch ;)

Szimi