A barbett with a Bee

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Camera Canon EOS 7D Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500) Aperture f/8.0 Focal Length 400 mm ISO Speed 160 Exposure Bias 0 EV Hand held with the 100-400 L at the Pench National Park, MP, India Barbet with a catch by docsanjeev, on Flickr

[John Chardine]

Hi Sanjeev- Great to see a barbet! I like the soft light and the curves of the perch. The direction of the sun is the issue here with it coming almost exactly from the left side by the look of it. As a result a lot of the bird is in shadow. If the IQ will take it, I would try a tighter crop, especially from the bottom and right. I would leave the whole right side of the perch in.