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    Default Red-wattled Lapwing - Portrait

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    Red-wattled Lapwing
    (Vanellus indicus)
    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA

    Oct 09, 2011, 8-09am
    1D MARK IV, 500 F/4, 2x TC
    1/1000, f/9, ISO640 @ 1000mm

    Was on to the first bird of winter migrant with 2x attached and this newcomer of 2011 was playing around and came so close i took two three images as i loved their wattled and fresh plum.

    Wish could have bit better head lifted on camera ..
    Last edited by Mital Patel; 10-13-2011 at 04:35 AM.

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    Fine portrait. Love the "in your face" feel. The Bg compliments and sets off the subject perfectly. Might think about putting the copyright info in the lower right as it distracts where it is.

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    Brilliant portrait , Mital . The detail is just awesome . Not too sure about the crop here though . Maybe the crop works with long billed birds ?? . But then , that's just me .

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    Quote Originally Posted by RakeshDhareshwar View Post
    Brilliant portrait , Mital . The detail is just awesome . Not too sure about the crop here though . Maybe the crop works with long billed birds ?? . But then , that's just me .
    Would be agree rakeshbhai. But the fact is this is almost full frame just cropped some part of bird on lef which gradually leaving its depth dut to minimum focus distance.

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    nice one bhai...white looks bright? not sure..nice portrait..how do you know whether it is first migrant etc?

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    Not a big fan of side profile but this is an exception Mital. Great details and interesting composition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yogesh_puranik View Post
    nice one bhai...white looks bright? not sure..nice portrait..how do you know whether it is first migrant etc?
    when i told First migrant i meant to say the winter approach started and birds mingrant birds will start coming in specially waders first then waterfowls.

    I was on to a little ringed-plover the first migrant i saw on the countryside lake.

    Red-wattled lapwings breed here and resident birds so i would not call them first migrant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sid Garige View Post
    Not a big fan of side profile but this is an exception Mital. Great details and interesting composition.
    Thanks a lot Sid for your kind comments.

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    Rich colors, great detail, a beautiful bird. Well done. I'd favor a smidge more top and right, though it sounds as if you'd have to create it.

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