Oriental Magpie Robin

[Ken Watkins]

Or that is what I think it is?

Taken at Sat taal, India, 17th April 2011

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 Is hand-held in "poor" loght

F4.5, ISO 1600, 1/1000, EV +0.67

[Mital Patel]

Ken

You are spot on for the ID. The shades look really great and the blue shine on black plums is giving typical greeny feel here of that place.

I might crop around 1" from top as you left little more space on top and adding around half a inch to bottom as the bottom is too tight.

Loved the complimenting perfect shaped perch. very much sized it is for that bird.

[Ron Sprunger]

You nailed it under difficult lighting conditions. Probably could have traded a stop of speed for lower ISO, but the IQ looks great as is. Is this bird really related to Robin? I'm impressed with how perfectly you've handled the whites, blacks, and iridescence. Maybe could open the shadow at lores a little bit. Agree with Mital about getting a little at the bottom if you can.