Oriental Magpie Robin

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Camera	Canon EOS 7D
Exposure	0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture	f/8.0
Focal Length	400 mm
ISO Speed	400
Exposure Bias	0 EV

DPP_Kabini0056 by docsanjeev, on Flickr

[thijs broekkamp]

Nice soft background and overall a good lightening. Except for the highlights on the pole (?) the bird sits on.

[James Fuller]

Cool Bird...looks like it's perching on a big chicken egg!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sanjeev, the pose works well, and although the blacks are on the head and chest are on the border of showing detail, I would try and bring them out a little more. I would also try another round of sharpening too. Great BG.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Thijs, James and Stuart. The bird is perched on the pole of a hammock. This was outside my room at The Serai resort, Kabini river back waters, Karnataka, India. I agree it needs another round of sharpening.
Cheers
Sanjeev

[Arthur Morris]

Stu has the best suggestion: the BLACKs need to be opened up a bit. If the birds land in that spot often you might try topping it off with a wooden perch of some sort whether a log or a branch....

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks for the advice Artie, Will work on the blacks in the image. I plan to buy the Digital Basics file from the BAA site. Hope that covers Photoshop and breeze Browser etc in it.
Thanks again
Sanjeev

[Arthur Morris]

All that and tons more. Good plan. And thanks.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Art,
i got the digital basics file! Very informative & sure to make my life easier! Thanks
Sanjeev