Fork-tailed Drongo

[Morkel Erasmus]

It's a public holiday in South Africa and I spent the better part of the day doing Lightroom admin on a mountain of backlogged images. Not nearly finished yet though.

Here's a quick post from our trip to Northern Kruger last December. Overcast conditions helped here as it was midday.

Techs:
Nikon D300s with 200-400mm VR @ 200mm
f4.0 @ 1/1000 SS @ ISO-640

[Anton Roos]

Well exposed and great detail on the blacks. Maybe a bit more space in front and at the top? Like the perch and posture. Well done.

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

This is very well exposed and the detail is great.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good job on the blacks - gotta love overcast conditions!! I love the overlapping wing feathers, very nice. Look-back pose is just about perfect. A bit tight in the frame...if this is a crop I would add back some canvas top, bottom, and left. I would also crop a tiny bit at right, just enough to hide the small line of BG running down the perch along the edge. You could/should (if your ethics allow) eliminate the two OOF branches near the tail. Good stuff :-)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the look-back pose and sharpness. Maybe a bit more room on the left and if it were mine, I would remove the two branches at the bottom.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Morkel, already good advice above. Loved the exposure a lot. and perfect natural eye. very important in black birds. Thx for sharing.

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent exposure and great details , fantastic BG,
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks everyone...this is a slight crop - will rework sometime...

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Perfect exp bro. Really like the pose and maybe just a little tight. But looking good in any case. :)