Indian Bushlark

[Mital Patel]

Indian Bushlark (Mirafra erythroptera)
Naliya Grassland, Greater Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, INDIA


Jan 3, 2011, 4-51pm
1D MARK IV, 500 F/4, 1.4x TC
1/2000, f/9, ISO 640 @ 700mm


This is the image taken on huge sandbar from a sloppy angle.
The following end you can see in OOF going through.
It was ups and down on the bar and the foreground blur is the same that i liked in some way to have in front and back the same way giving elevation of middle bump and the bird giving nice pose.


C & C much appreciated.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like the complimentary colors here and the dof and nice low angle created a neat softness to the image as well.

[Richard Unsworth]

Great colors and complimentary bg; pin sharp, lovely eye and HA

[gail bisson]

Nice neutral complimentary colors and great HA,
Gail

[Nancy Bell]

Outstanding feather details & lighting! The colors and the softness of the bkgd is perfect. I would consider cropping some off the bottom to just below where the in-focus ground meets the OOF foreground. For me that puts my eye on the bird even more and I do not wander to that fairly large OOF foreground.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Superb IQ, nice complementary colors and gorgeous light.
If anything, I wish the sand bar in the bg wasn't there - the green above is just so so gorgeous.
Lovely image Mital.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful warm tones, details, pose. Excellent HA. I do wish the OOF FG was not as thick and pronounced though.

[Mital Patel]

this is for you Nancy, Sidharth and Daniel

how does it look now ?
gave it try 16:9 was looking good to my eyes but then thought to give chance to 4:3 (which usually i dont like at all)

[Morkel Erasmus]

Love the low angle and light here Mital...the OOF region in FG of the OP was a bit overpronounced for me too, but it seems a lot less so in the 4:3 repost...

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose and light Mital, I prefer the repost