Black Shouldered Kite

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Shot this near my farm in Bandipur, the light was really bad. Have tried post processing in photoshop, appreciate your comments for further improvement.

Camera Model Name Canon EOS 40D
Shooting Date/Time 9/13/2009 11:14:36 AM
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/2500
Av (Aperture Value) 8.0
ISO Speed 400

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Good shot, Looks like you tried your best in those conditions... Perhaps setting a +ve exposure compensation at the time of clicking would have helped expose the shadows better.

[Bibhav Behera]

Agree with Abhishek on using exposure compensation when shooting against the light. There is a lot of noise in the dark areas.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice eye contact. Is this a crop? Wish for a more natural perch. Agree with the above comments.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree with Abhishek regarding the positive exposure compensation. From the 1/2500 shutter speed and the f8 aperture, it is apparent that the image is underexposed. When the sky occupies a large portion of the frame, the meter would read the scene accordingly and underexpose it to bring it to the reference mid tone gray used by our cameras. Please check the histogram of your image. The curve corresponding to the bright sky would be towards the right and the one created by the kite would be at the left. You may like to check the tutorials:

http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2006
http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1970

Cheers,
Sabyasachi