Red-wattled Lapwing

[girisholeti]

Canon 7D, Canon 500mm f4+1.4x TC, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/1000Sec.

[Ofer Levy]

I like this! Fantastic pose, sweet BG. The raised foot is great.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent, and yes the raised foot does add to the image. The only thing that I would do is lighten the small dark area located next to the bottom of the perch. Love the subtle colouring on the wing.

[Doug Brown]

Cool bird and perch. The raised foot gives the image that little something extra. I might give the eye a bit more life by dodging the midtones that make up the reflection in the eye.

[Dan Behm]

Very elegant, the raised foot makes this a very special image. I like the subdued lighting it gives the colors a richer feel.

Dan

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful shot. Great pose and perfect head angle. Terrific BG, comp. Doug makes a good point about the eye.

[Arthur Morris]

Another winner as noted above. Pointing the camera just a bit to our left would have left a bit more room behind the bird.

[Melissa Groo]

What a beautiful bird and image. I love the perfect pose and lifted foot, the choice of vertical, and the colors and lovely BG. Killer image.

[Petros Petrou]

Very beautiful bird! I like the "look back" pose and the raised foot. Sweet light and a nice blured background. TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

What an elegant pose....and you got the bird nicely on top of that mound. shooting angle, exposure, HA....excellent all around.

Did you blur the BG a bit in post? does seem that way but I might be wrong.

[Danny Laredo]

Lovely image. Great pose detail and BG.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!! Excellent image. Love the pose a very elegant pose. Exposed well, sharp, lovely background, and great perch.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent portrait the raised foot adds more character to the photo

[girisholeti]

Kaustubh,

I haven't done any blurring on the BG. But ran NR (NeatImage) once on BG.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Girish! I like the pose, perch, raised foot and BG.