Hoopoe

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Canon 500D

70-300mm
1/125
f5.6
ISO 800
Handheld

[Tushar Dixit]

Though from one direction, light is soothing and nice golden here. Nice pose and compo. Wish you were little more to the right to make more use of the light and angle was little lower.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Wow! Nice image, loved the light on this, agree with Tushar
tfs

[Mrudul Godbole]

The backlit body looks nice. Agree a lower angle would have enhanced the composition further. A further narrower aperture would have helped to get the head and eye more sharper if the light had been from your side. Thanks for sharing.

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Thanks for your comments.I tried the way Tushar said,but the moment I got out of my car,bird just flew away.Angle was bit steep as it was shot from my car.Mrudul-It was handheld shot,already shutter was low at ISO 800,so aperture could n't be narrowed any further.I am uploading another one with bit more details of the head.Thanks

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

This is a re post.Sharpness has gone down after uploading.. Kindly look at the original image at the bottom.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Where was this clicked? I agree that a lower angle would be good. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Where was this clicked? I agree that a lower angle would be good. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Gwalior.Thanks.