Slaty Breasted Rail (Goa)

[Ishmeet Sahni]

Camera: 1D Mk III
Lens: EF 500 f/4 + 1.4x TC
f-Stop: f8
Exposure: 1/800
Bias: 0
ISO : 800

[arash_hazeghi]

nice light, pose and good details. The shooting angle is a bit steep and I wish for a better HA. There is some green OOF stuff on the left border you may want to clone out

TFS

[gail bisson]

You would think they would call this bird "rusty headed"..!!
The shooting angle is a bit steep for my taste. I would also clone out the bit of green on the LHS of frame. I would also clone out the 2 stalks of grass coming out of his back. Great view of the muddy environment these guys like to live in. IQ of bird is good.
gail

[Alan Murphy]

Agree on the steep angle. The de4tail is wopnderful. A would darken the mid tones a bit.

[Ryan Schain]

Angle is a bit steep for my preference, it's not an ideal head angle, and I might darken the highlights ever so slightly. Sharpness however, is great. I'd probably also clone out the green stuff on the left and the brighter orange dot up top.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Ishmeet , an awesome effort on this one . This is a rare image , and the steep angle would have been difficult because you were shooting from the boat . Great work on nailing it !!! But , I agree on toning down the highlights .