India Roller

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All
Taken this image in Bandhavgarh National Park , Madhya Pradesh , India with D300, 600MM, with bean bag support
This is full frame shot
All C & C most welcome & appreciated

Regards
Harshad

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely image sir.. loved the detail, pose and BG. I think a tad more brightness, and a little selective sharpening near the neck would help.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice image with a nice pose. Love the details on the wing and back. You should try to remove the overall veil-like dull layer by increasing lightness and contrast with levels. Result will improve the look a lot.

Szimi

[Kobus Tollig]

Good comp and pose. Like the bg and perch. Image is to dark imo. Maybe light it up a bit

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all
Thanks for wonderfull suggations , here is version , let me know how it looks now

Harshad

[Stephen Earle]

Still too dark Harshad. Kobus's version looks good on my monitor.

[Brian Barcelos]

Harshad, Very lovely. I know it's hard to take pictures in the forest without a flash. HA, sharpness and BG are excellent. I love the subtle colors of the bird.
Brian

[Ilija Dukovski]

I'd also say the bird is too centered along the horizontal in the frame.
Crop from left and bottom could improve the comp.

[Stu Bowie]

Harshad, you havent included all your tech details with regards to ss and aperture. That way we can try and work out why the image seems a bit dark/under exposed. Super pose, and I would maybe take a bit off the left. Kobus's repost show up nicely.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Harshad,
I too thought it was a bit dark so I lightened using levels and curves. I also ran noise ninja on the BG only and a final LCE adjustment around 30/40/0. I have been known to like the crop tool a little too much:D......so I am showing that as others have brought up removing some off the left. Of course being me.....I had to do a little extra:eek:. Very nice job on the BG and perch......just little tweaks will make this shine. let me know your thoughts
PS lloking at it now I am very close to Kobus....only other difference is crop.

[David Gancarz]

Harshad: I very much enjoy your work, especially your earlier post of the adult roller with the captured wasp and the two young rollers begging to be fed (my interpretation of the scene). I vote for your 7:05am version for its richer colors compared to the lighter versions. Also, the OOF background is more interesting in the darker versions, to me.

[Chris Kotze]

Great shot and super colours and BG. The repost of Roman looks good.

[Bruce Enns]

Hi Harshad, A beautiful photo of a beautiful bird, but it is too dark IMO. I like the brightness in Kobus' repost, and Roman's crop. Excellent BG, sharpness and details, HA. Well done!

Cheers!
Bruce

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice repost partner!

Love the look of this guy and the clean BG.