Theme: Singing and calling: Black Drongo.

[Satish Ranadive]

April.2012. Cropped and sharpened.OOF leaf at the base of perch on right side is cloned.

Canon EOS: 550D, 100-400.
Av mode,F:6.3.,1/500,ISO:1250, Evaluative metering, White balance: Auto. HH.
Exposure bias: +0.3 stop.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are much appreciated.
Best Regards.

[gail bisson]

Hi Satish,
Nice composition and perch. Your exposure on the blacks look good. I like how the bird's body is angled towards the viewer.
You have a nice mottled BG as well.
I would do some NR in the BG,
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you very much Gail for your comments. Here is the image with NR applied to BG.


Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, believe it or not, I still dont have a decent image of one of these guys. Good exposure on the Drongo, good detail and sharp.The overall comp works well, and well done with your repost.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Satish,
Gail caught hte noise......and nicely handled in the repost! Looks excellent on my end in the repost!

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Satish! I like the pose, perch, sharpness, open beak and BG. Repost is an improvement.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose perch details and BG (fixed in repost) would just tone down the perch a tad.
well done

[christopher galeski]

very nice image,like the pose BG and perch,is this bird related to the shrikes.thanks.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your comments and valuable suggestions.
Regards.
Satish.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely light, exposure, bg and killer perch. Pose with the slightly open bill add a lot.
I'd move the bird up and bit in the frame if possible and would tone down the perch a bit.
Excellent image.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Satish, nice angle on the bird. eye level always works. Nice BG you got. IQ is pretty good for the high ISO after you fixed the noise in the BG. composition is balanced, blacks looks great and nice pose. Well done.