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    Default India birds: Indian Blackbird.

    Shot this blackbird at a rest stop. The light was challenging and I would've liked more DOF (the tail is OOF).

    Details: 1DIII, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, 400mm, ISO 800, handheld on ground.

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    Hi Vivek
    U have good shot of skullers here
    nice details and BG & FG showing its habitat
    agreed on self critiques

    TFS

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    Hi Vivek,
    The light definitely was low. The A side on pose would have helped bringing more portions of the bird into focus. A low angle, if possible, would have been great as that would have helped in improving the background. A small crop from the top would help as that would help in avoiding the top right bright corner. Where was it? Thanks for sharing.

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    Sabyasachi

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    Vivek, its always difficult to comp a bird on the ground. The best is to get down and dirty and get him as low as possible. I like the colours around the eye and beak. His legs seem to be lost in the surrounding ground. Keep them coming.

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    beautiful pose,I would prefer a lower angle!

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    Thanks for the critique folks. The lower angle in this case was not possible because the bird was down an embankment after a steep drop right by where I was (you kind of see the slope), so I had to take what I could get. I was actually on the ground when I took this shot.

    This was a a rest stop on way to Kanha (in Rukhad, near Nagpur).

    -- Vivek

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    Good one Vivek, yeah you could work on the legs a bit, nice HA and details..

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