Asian Openbill -Juvi

[Mital Patel]

Asian Openbill
(Anastomus oscitans)
Gujarat, INDIA

April 17, 2011, 2-32pm
1D MARK IV, 500 F/4, 2x TC
1/640, f/13, ISO 640 @ 1000mm


Feel free for C&C

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent sharpness and details and stands nicely against the BG.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

+1 with Arash . Lovely smart crop too !!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Beautiful IQ and great BG...Fantastic image!

[Mark Itol]

Love the pose, detail, and the background. Look at that bill!

[Grace Scalzo]

Another beauty, Mital. Love the back ground.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent bg, bird, expo and sharpness, Mital. Love everything about this one. Very elegant portrait.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Another excellent portrait with exceptional sharpness & details & lovely BG. TFS

[Robert Holguin]

Wow. Excellent portrait. Superb detail and sharpness. Lovely background too. Well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Wicked bird, bill, and BKGR. I'd opt for a Linear Burn on the few areas of brightest WHITEs. AIA I love it!

[Raymond Lee]

Stunning sharp portrait! Cleanly executed! I also love the details in the bill. Very minor, but I agree with Artie's comment that a few bright white areas could be darkened a bit.

[Mital Patel]

Thanks a lot Artie for pointing out. Here i've made some correction on the highlights.
Tell me if i made it.

[Arthur Morris]

Way to go Mital-bhai. The differences are small but the improvement is great.

[Arthur Morris]

Stunning sharp portrait! Cleanly executed! I also love the details in the bill. Very minor, but I agree with Artie's comment that a few bright white areas could be darkened a bit.

Ray, Though areas that are Linear Burned do look a bit darker what we are really doing is restoring density and detail.

[Mital Patel]

Way to go Mital-bhai. The differences are small but the improvement is great.

Thanks a stack guru ji,
I am enjoying this session here.

Here's a LB version with 50% opacity and did Select > Color Tone > Highlights and duplicated layer with 1% feather.

What say ?