Red Bishop

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

A difficult bird to expose. Taken at the Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park.

1D MKIII
600mm + 1.4x extender
f/7.1
ISO 800

[niranjan sant]

what a beautiful bird,nice and clean bg and head turn add to the image

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Interesting bird. I like the composition and the nicely diffused background. A narrow aperture would have been even better.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful bird Bhai, nice details too and colours too...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose, angle, eye contact and sharpness look good. I might give it a bit more room and desaturate the reds a bit.

[Stu Bowie]

Good look back pose Gerrie, sharp, and your comp works well. Good job on those blacks too. See you on Sunday. Hopefully the weather plays ball. Cheers.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice bird and you did a good job on the exposure. Like the pose and how the wind is blowing the plumage. Well done.

[Mark Schmitt]

It is a good image. I find that digital cameras struggle some in capturing tone and values in the reds and blues, especially if they are irridescent and overly luminous. Did a good job with this exposure, however. Only suggestion; I'd do some selective dodge and burn on the perch, or select it, place in layer and us curves to accentuate contrast and dynamic range. Perch just seems a bit flat;)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Gorgeous bird and great composition. I only wish the perch was darker.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Great work on the exposure . It is a beautiful bird !!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting guys. It is much appreciated.:)