Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica pallidogularis)

[Amano Samarpan]

Feb 2006, India

Canon EOS 20D
500mmf4+1.4X

This bird is a winter visitor to the Indian Sub-continent.

Am not sure of the sub-species here; perhaps not pallidogularis but one of the other two.

Regards
Amano

[Mital Patel]

beautiful image.. what about shutter speed and iso ? .. seems like you were on low shutter.

[Stu Bowie]

I havent seen this species before. I like the layered colours down the neck. Comp wise, I would crop tighter, even creating a vertical.

[Amano Samarpan]

1/125 @ f8

ISO 400

If it lacks sharpness might have something to do with my using a monopod at that time!

I wondered about the composition here .. just off centre!?

Amano
;)

[allanrube]

It seems to me the focus is on the blue feathers of the chest. Was the dof narrow due to wide open aperture?

This is a very pretty bird. I like the pose. I would think of selecting the bird in a layer and then darkening the rest of the image.

[Amano Samarpan]

Hi Allan

Would not call f8 particularly wide ... seems to have worked well here in creating a slightly patchy BKG which I like!

Amano

[allanrube]

I was thinking of an alternate reason - you mentioned monopod - why the focus isn't crisp on the entire bird. I was just guessing as you did not mention the ss and aperture.

[Amano Samarpan]

Hi Allan

Well, I have mentioned the SS and aperture ... the bird looks pretty sharp throughout to me ... look at the legs!

Amano

[allanrube]

Sorry, I was looking at just the original post.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very colourful fella, too bad the plumage is a little rough around the edges (worn). Good pose, and the perch looks alright too (although it is a bit bright). As to your comp question, yes I find it a tad centered. That long lower leg makes it difficult to crop at left and a well balanced way, therefore I would add some canvas back at right and bottom (if you have it). Thanks for sharing this beautiful species!!