Indian Grey Hornbill

[RAM MALLYA]

Shutter speed 1/160
Aperture F/4
ISO 500
Lens 600MM L IS USM
Camera body 1D Mark II N
On tripod
C&C welcome

[RAM MALLYA]

Another one with better sharpness

[Mital Patel]

Ram,

This is beautiful image. head is angled away a bit but thats fine with me as i know how difficult to shoot them at certain places.

I would see a middle version of your OP and RP.

[Stu Bowie]

Ram, difficult characters to get in the full DOF range, but you have done well, as the bill is the most important area to focus on. I feel your OP suffered from a bit of motion blur, thus giving the impression of being soft. In your repost, I feel you have oversharpened the hornbill.

[jack williamson]

The repost is better but the head down through the chest is a little crispy, the beak looks good.

Jack

[Jim Crosswell]

Nice image Ram! I agree with Mital somewhere between the two versions would be good.

[Petros Petrou]

That's an Impressive beak! Nice image although the HA is less than ideal. If I had to choose between the two versions I would pick the first. The 2nd looks a bit oversharpened in my monitor.

[Roger Williams]

Nice lighting and pose. On my monitor, the eye and neck feathers appear to be over-sharpened.