red munia

[niranjan sant]

natural pearch bent to suit the picture.
1dmark2
canon 500 @ 5.6
1/200 @ iso 200

[Ofer Levy]

What a great image!!! The feather puts this over the top IMO!

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Wow, great sharpness with excellent feather details. I also like how you mange to get both feet. The feather does put this over the top.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful Bhai, nice details, perch and BG.. the feather sure puts this over the top..

[Jim Fenton]

Stunning creature!

Color / exposure / pose are great and the feather really adds to the image.

I might tone down the yellow flowers in the background or perhaps remove them.

[RAM MALLYA]

Amazing shot sir perfect BG for the bird .

[Zoltan Kovacs]

Fantastic picture and bird, I'v never seen before. I like the BG and details. Congrat!!

[Keith Bauer]

Wow!! This is really nice. Bird, feather in the beak and the small yellow OOF flowers in the background really make this one special.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

I guess everything is just perfect here !!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Niranjan, that feather is something. Makes the shot unique. Loved the shallow depth of field and the composition.

[saleeltambe]

Hi Niranjan,
The reddish tip of the feather connects together all the elements so well in this wonderful image.

[Callie de Wet]

Lovely, he must be a bit smaller than finch size, a totally new bird for me, TFS.

[tiziano cei]

Beautiful Bhai, nice details, perch and BG.. the feather sure puts this over the top..

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[Daniel Cadieux]

This is a fine bird indeed, the feather is a very nice bonus. Nice BG too. The image has tons of potential - I say this because there are a few points that I feel need pointing out:

- The belly is quite heavily shaded below. Some fill-flash would have helped very nicely here
- The HA, although not really bad, is still a bit off. A few degrees more towards us would have been just the ticket.
- IMO pointing your lens down a wee bit would have improved the comp (about 1 - 1.5 inches). I feel there is not enough perch showing.
- I agree the flowers need at least some toning down.

I do love the photo, I just feel these small pointers would have made a good image great :)

[Stu Bowie]

What vibrant reds on this little guy, good pose, and of course the feather in the beak ends this off nicely. Im 50/50 on the yellow OOF flowers.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I would love to see this bird in person! love the colors of this one and the complementary BG. The feather on beak makes this one a winner. Congrats.