Indian Roller

[Kiran Khanzode]

Taken in Kanha National Park, India.

Did clone out a branch (unsuccessfully, most likely) from behind the bird. Sorry for the space on the left, had to eliminate a tree stump.

Techs: EOS 1D Mk2, ISO 400, 600mm at f/5.6 (300 .8 Is with caon 2x tele) , 1/1000, Av, Handheld

C & C is welcome.

Regards,
Kiran

[Doug Brown]

The bird looks great; nice and sharp with great light and good eye contact. The green BG is pretty. However I find the parts of the perch behind the bird to be significantly distracting. Also I'd like to see the bird placed in the right of the frame. I'll try a repost; check back a little later.

[Juan Aragonés]

Kiran I am not familiar with this species but I think that the colors are a bit flat. The light is strong but I like the pose of the bird and the neat eye contact. From a compositional point of view I agree with your self critic... more room at the left is necessary and another round of noise reduction to the BG would be great :-)

[Doug Brown]

Here you go.

[Harshad Barve]

my vote for repost by Doug
this is too good
Harshad

[Kiran Khanzode]

Lovely work with the image,Doug. Thanks !

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose, and I like the light in this, especially on the eye. Doug has reposted his suggestions, and they work well.

[Chris Kotze]

Lovely colours and detail and a super pose. Doug repost look great

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very nice image. Agree with Doug on the composition. Maybe his rework is too much modification on this image. I would leave the bg branch as is. A tad of sharpening would be useful.

Szimi

[Paul Kusmin]

Beautiful shot, I like both versions.
I don't mind the extra branches in this instance but prefer Doug's crop.