Indian Roller

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Shot this roller at Hasserghatta on the weekend

Canon EOS 40D, Lens 100-400mm
Av - 5.6
ISO 200
Shutter Speed 1/640

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The background is nicely diffused. I like the composition. I would have cropped from the right, if the thorns were not there. The patterns formed by the thorns look nice. The eye contact is good. A slight boost in contrast will be good.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Beautiful photograph. Liked the composition and the eye contact. Look forward to more..

[Bibhav Behera]

Ahhh... It seems that you got the watermark in Lightroom going... Great
Nice image. I would crop from the right as Sabyasachi suggested. A bit more DOF might have been better.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bibhav,
I didn't suggest cropping from the right. If the thorns were not there, then I would have cropped. I think if we now crop from the right, then the thorns will be cut and they are likely to distract.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

I was suggesting cropping till the bifurcation of the branch. The composition felt a bit centred, hence the suggestion.

I also increased the black point and saturation. Here is the repost.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Bibhav thanks for repost, it looks good

[Jitendra Katre]

nice image.only one thing...try to avoid putting the watermark in ' image ' area.

[Rahul Parekh]

beautiful capture, Praveen. loved the BG very much :)

All best wishes,

Cheers, Rahul