Tickel's Blue Flycatcher

[Ken Watkins]

Another image from our visit to Sat Taal, in the Himalayan foothills, 16th April 2011

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held sitting down

F6.3, ISO 800, 1/1250

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful bird, and a species I've never seen. Like the pose and eye contact. The perch is a little big for the bird. And fine feather detail could be better; was this a significant crop?

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Ken, a good shot as it is. Same question as Doug, is it a large crop?

[Stu Bowie]

Striking colours Ken, and as mentioned, the sharpness could be better.

[gail bisson]

Lovely little bird. I see a lot of noise in the BG. How are you processing your pics?
I like the pose and the HA.
Gail

[Ken Watkins]

This is a very large crop, whist the crop holds up in tiff the compression to this size has lead to what appears to be a significant loss of quality.