Bronze-winged Jacana

[Atul Dhamankar]

Bronze-winged Jacana
Junona, Chandrapur, MS
April 2010

D80
150-500 OS
F/8
1/500
iso 200

[Amit Kalele]

lovely shot atul with nice details in the wings. The horizon is tilted which can be easily fixed. BTW hos is your new lens doing?

[Mrudul Godbole]

The eye contact is nice. Is this a crop? Some more space on top would look nice. Agree about the tilt. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice shot. Good eye contact. I would suggest a little toning down of the beak highlights. Do correct the tilt. The BG blur is looking a little unnatural, is it done in PP?

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I wish you get it closer to you. While clicking one needs to be careful about the whites. Once blown, the data can't be recovered. Since the maximum aperture of the lens is 6.3, it would be good to stop down atleast a stop. I think you should not see the f6.3 aperture as a liability. Better to stop down and try to convert it into an opportunity.

When you are clicking at f8 or f9, and the subject is far away, the depth of field is bound to be higher. Rather than trying to blur things, it is better to get everything in focus and show the habitat well. A shot showing the habitat well and in focus is going to be much better than image of a bird with everything blurred. Too many bird photographers around the world are doing it. Better do something different ie. get things in focus in a environmental portrait, and get noticed.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Lovely image Atul, good to know Chandrapur has variety of bird species. The white have blow off and lost details. Agree with Sabyasachi about composing with habitat. I think I too did the mistake several times, we tend to crop to portray the bird and in the process lot of details are lost.

[Bibhav Behera]

Agree about correcting the tilt. The crop has led to loss of details.
I believe at 500mm, one would not need to crop so much. One can find subjects closer if properly stalked and patiently observed.
Thanks for sharing.