Malabar lark

[RAM MALLYA]

Happy New Year to all BPN Members and Staff.

I took this shot hand held (ground level)
Shutter speed 1/2000
Aperture F/5.6
ISO 400

C&C welcome

[Harshad Barve]

Compo , sharpness , habitat and colors looks spot on here Ram , wish for better HA
HNY & TFS

[Stu Bowie]

This guy is identical to our Rufousnaped Lark. I agree with Harshadbhai regarding the HA, and would maybe move him to the left in the frame.

[niranjan sant]

ram,the bird is almost in the centre[ keep more space towards right side of the frame],the head angle is also not proper. good sharp and colourful image though

[Allen Sparks]

beautiful bird and love the habitat shown around him. Great colors.

[kenn threed]

A lovely species I've not seen Ram,

Very nice of him to perch up on a rock so that we might see his feet here too. :)
I agree that a crop to place him a bit left of center would be good. And I might try a little cloning out and/or softening of some details in the bg (especially the 2 dark stalks behind his head).
HA doesn't really bother me btw... but maybe I just don't have a good sense about this.

thanks for sharing him,

Kenn

[RAM MALLYA]

How about this composition as i have kept the bird slightly in the left and also tried to include the oof flower in the right side top of the image.