Indian Courser

[vikrant kane]

Tech details:
Canon 40D
Canon 400mm F/5.6
1/1600, F/5.6, iso-400
Info from wiki about the bird:This courser is widespread in South Asia. The crown is chestnut and the breast is rufous. The nape has a dark black patch where the long longer feathers forming the white stripe meet. These birds are usually seen in small flocks. They feed on insects mainly beetles, crickets and grasshoppers picked up from the ground in stubbly or uncultivated fields. They run in spurts on the ground but take to flight with a hoarse creaky gwaat call.The flight is strong with rapid wing beats.They fly low and begin to run after landing

[Jeff Parker]

Nice background. Did you blur it in PS?

[John Chardine]

I like the idea here- bird fading into a complementary foreground and lots of room at the top, and this is a great species to see in the flesh! I would suggest running some noise reduction on the background. Also I think there are other crops here that would work as well as this one.

[Angad Achappa]

Firstly, lovely image. I love the blurred BG & foreground. Would go in with John's suggestion as to clean up the noise. Also how about a slightly closer crop?

[vikrant kane]

Thanks Jeff
Sorry for the delay in response the blurr is not in PS.
John & Angad: Thanks for the comment will definately try the crop part.

[Vivek Kale]

Vikrant,

Lovely Image. I liked the catchlight here. You have managed good exposure.

I would love to avoid the dark zone in foreground right.
Also closer crop with noise reduction will be nice.

Cheers !

Vivek Kale