Ashy crowned lark - earthy monotone

[Hayath Mohammed]

Hello,
Shot this at ground level the other day. Crawled close to the bird little by little as it went about foraging in the morning light.


An example of how well these blend/camouflage.

Pretty close to full frame, standard USM, saturation adjustment.

Canon 450D, Sigma 150-500 OS, handheld, ISO 800, f8, 1/3200, -1/3 EV

C&C sought :)

Cheers,
Hayath

[John Chardine]

Very nice Hayath. Beautiful low angle and warm tones. Nice and sharp. The only thing I would wish for is a better head angle- a modest CW turn towards you would have been optimal.

Great to see such an exotic lark species!

[Hayath Mohammed]

Thank you very much John for those kind words. This was the best HA I got from the set that I went through, this one was busy feeding :)

And you're welcome! glad to be sharing

Cheers,
Hayath

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Hayath,

Good comments above and love the species. The image seems too saturated might dial it down a bit. I might take a small layer off the bottom as well and eliminate the OOF bottom edge.

[Hayath Mohammed]

Thank you Jeff for the feedback and inputs. I retained the bottom to give the shot a better sense of depth, but yes can see what you mean :)

Cheers,
Hayath