Black-rumped Flameback

[Mital Patel]

Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium bengbalense)

Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/500sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/6.3
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : June 20 2009, 07:46 am
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

Dont know bout the composition as i felt this one better as tried some different crops.

cloned out a oof trunk on left distracting.
may be horizontal crop also could make some sense but i still like this one so posting.

Please feel free to share your views.

[Scott Frye]

I dont really like the green space to the right of the perch and the bird is almost dead center. The picture is worthy of a tighter crop around the bird.

[Stu Bowie]

There is enough light cast on the woodpecker to make this work. Its easier said now to have moved to your left, and I agree with Scott to move the tree to the right to lose that part of the BG.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the idea of the bird peeking behind the tree. Good details and interesting BG, too. I would put the bird higher in the frame and wish the sun would have been behind you to avoid the slight shadow on the bird's face.

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice pose here but I agree the shadow falls just too far on its face. would like to see the result of comp changes suggested above.

[Mital Patel]

Here is another frame i had with little bit more face visible and different crop angle.
plz share your views.

[Morkel Erasmus]

this is much better Mital! I would further take some off the top to turn this into a landscape crop and place the eye of the bird somewhere close to the vertical and top horizontal third lines?

[Morkel Erasmus]

many people will probably say clone out the OOF tree to the left but I think it adds much, framing the bird well and showing continuity in its environment.