SriLanka Blue Magpie or Ceylon Magpie (Urocissa ornata)

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All

This may be first image of this beauty of this forum.
Sinharaja rain forest , D300 , 300/f4 at f4 , ISO 800 , all most FF
All C & C are most welcome
Harshad

[Ken Watkins]

Harshad,

What a beautiful looking bird, my monitor here makes it difficult to judge the colours. I know you do not like to clone but would you object to removing a slight amount of the twig touching the back?

[Sid Garige]

Awesome image Harshad. Great pose and colors. Very very colorful bird.

[Mital Patel]

this is wow. too good. at 300mm FF is just awesome bhai.

[subramanya_ck]

Fantastic image Bhai. Looking forward to see more images from Sri Lanka

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic bird!! With the long tail vertical was the obvious choice to go with, but good on yout to compose it this way in-camera. I agree with removing some of the smaller twigs, and I would even out the BG, especially the yellowish patch in LLC and possibly desaturating the more "neon" spots near the bird. What was the SS?

[Stu Bowie]

Good choice of comp Harshadbhai, and this bird is very impressive. Colours, long tail, and well done on waiting for the slight look back pose.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Harshad, were you with Clement? I had never seen a picture of this bird and now two in two days. gotta love internet. This one is endemic to SL, right?

Terrific colors and pose. Do they get that close easilly in SL?

[Andrew Merwin]

This is a delightful image. You even got the tail on the camera side of the branch. Well done with the vertical rendition. I agree with Daniel re. the BG.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Harshad bhai, what an awesome looking bird! Almost great HA, and the colors mate, wow! Maybe run a little NR on the BG! :) Well done.

[Nick Palmieri]

Very cool bird! Agree on removing the twigs and maybe remove the bright spot in the LLC. Overall very nice job!

[Alan Murphy]

Such a stunning bird photographed well.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful looking Bird Bhai... nicely done..

[Tim Munsey]

Beats our UK magpie hands down, just a show off! Not a quiet dresser.

Tim

[Dan Brown]

Beautiful bird and a very sharp capture Harshad! I like that you have left the twig but would not mind if it were removed. I wish for a little more light on the face of the bird and I would also like a little more room on the left. Great species!

[James Salywoda]

WOW!!! Gorgeous bird and shot Harshad.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful bird Harshad and wonderful details Congrats!