Baya Weaver Male

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all

Posting here after ages :eek:
D300 , 600mm/F4 at F5.6 , ISO 400, 1/640 , tripod , evening light
All C & C are most welcome
Harshad

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Nice colors, sharpness and exposure. Love the soft OOF bottom of the frame. You might want to get rid of the tiny second catch light in the eye and the bottom left corner sticks. Great image.

[Doug Brown]

Excellent sharpness and nice detail in the yellows. I'd like the bird a little higher in the frame. And I agree with Clemens about removing the second catchlight. No tigers in Costa Rica, although you might get lucky and see a jaguar; just cool birds!

[Harshad Barve]

No tigers in Costa Rica, although you might get lucky and see a jaguar; just cool birds!

I don't mind

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness and detail in this colourful image. Well done!

[Kurt Bowman]

I really like the BG color, it makes the yellow pop....I am not a huge fan of OOF FG shots, especially when they are in the way of the subject, but I think you handled it very well all the same.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent pose and BG Harshad!

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely image Harshad, like the colours and HA TFS

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

I found it tough when exposing for this bird but you did very well here. I also like the sharpness, the details, the HA and the background as well. Just wish the OOF foreground did not merge with the tail. TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Harshad, nice pose, HA and BG. loved the details.

[Cody Covey]

amazing background! great sharpness and ha as well1

[James Salywoda]

I love the attentive pose and this is such a beautiful bird Harshad sweet shot.

[Randy Stout]

Harshad:

Lovely bird, good comments above.

I think you could reduce the impact of the OOF foreground vegetation by some subtle burning and contrast enhancement of the tail feathers to minimize the 'haze'

I might crop off 25% of the free space above the head.

Cheers

Randy