ORANGE HEADED THRUSH

[RakeshDhareshwar]

One of the beautiful thrushes in our Western Ghat forests . Not a great fan of black BGs , but this was one when the thrish came out on the perch and I managed to get this effect .

Camera :Canon 1D Mk III
Lens : Canon 600mm f4 IS , 1.4 X TC
Shutters : 1/100
Aperture : f 5.6
Speed : ISO 1600
Metering : Spot .

Cheers,
Rakesh

[Harshad Barve]

super bird , settings , light and BG here
TFS

[christopher galeski]

Rakesh,one magic shot,agree with comments above.thanks.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Cool looking Thrush..>none of ours look eve close to ths. Pops from the BG nicely..nice one Rakesh

[bhavya joshi]

Great shot.. I like the combination of Black BG and Orange bird. Nice Light also.

[Mark Itol]

Such a colorful thrush here, Rakesh. I like how the bird pops out from the dark BG. Perhaps a tighter crop to make the bird bigger in the frame?

[Arthur Morris]

Beautiful bird, BKGR, pose, EXP, and a lovely curved perch. The colors do remind me of the Varied Thrush of NA, a bird that I have seen briefly but never photographed.

[Grace Scalzo]

What a beauty. I too would like to see this bird bigger in the frame and the vertical stick coming off the perch could go, it distracts my eye. Your settings reveal how difficult this image was to achieve and you really did well.

[Karl Egressy]

I like the mood this picture conveys and the bird is very pretty too.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Rakesh! I like the how the colourful bird pops from the BG, lighting and BG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Rakesh, very well done on a bird thats hard to photograph. one of my favorite birds...brings back a lot of memories from childhood.

You have handled the metering very well. I am liking the dark BG as it shows the shady areas they like to hang out at. I also dont mind the bird small in frame....however, the impact of this image will be much more if you post a 1024-pixels-wide file.

[Stu Bowie]

Rakesh, your darker BG has worked to your advantage - it shows off the colours very well. The thrush is nice and sharp, and I like the hint of moss on the perch. I find the small twig URC ia a tad distracting.

[Robert Holguin]

Superb shot!!!! Great perch and the colors are just amazing. Very well done.