They are not often seen they skulk round in the grass & undergrowth, not often in the open, the birds of prey love them, not colorful but interesting.
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Lens: 100 to 400mm
Focal length: 180mm
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Nice pose and eye contact. The bird does blend in well but the image seems almost muddy to me, and wish there was a little more hierarchy in composition.
Does blend in with the BG real well , which is why it seems to need some "pop". Must be hard to get a bird like this against a contrasting BG. I do like the pose,detail,exposure and comp.
That is one plump little gal (?). One way to pop the bird out a bit is to make a mask and then adjust subject and background
separately (curves adjustment layers). I would fade the background considerably, something like this:
I agree with Matthew's critique, and David's repost is an improvement (and the eye looks much better too). I do like the pose, glad you got to photograph one out in the open :-)
Crested Francolin
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