Munnar (#2)

[Bhargava Srivari]

A malabar whistling thrush, shot early morning.

f5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 1250, EV +2, 400mm

canon 60D, canon 100-400 L IS

Sky being a portion of the BG, got blanched- thanks to the high positive exposure compensation. So selected portions of the sky and reduced the exposure during PP!

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely bird. The perch and eye contact is nice. The light seems quite bad. You can crop just a bit from the right to avoid the hint of the visible sky. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Good job with the exposure. Given the conditions, this is a very good shot. Is this full frame?
TFS.

[Bhargava Srivari]

Abhishek, this is a crop. Hence, the noise:(

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice composition. However the unreduced sky parts look distracting and unnatural. You may want to relook the processing again. The iridiscence of the shoulders looks nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Agree with above comments.What was the metering mode?

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Bueatiful bird. Agree with Bibhav. Did u hear its call??
TFS
Roopak

[Bhargava Srivari]

Roopak

I did hear its call and it is the nicest thing I ever heard:)

The brighter patches of white is the actual sky in the image and the duller patches are silver oak trees which are in large numbers in the tea estates of the area..so nothing that I can do about them during PP :(

Dr Kalpamoi,

I used center-weighted average for this image. In what I observed during my short tint with photography, spot metering works well if you are shooting with sky as the only BG..in other situations center weighted avg gets the job done:)

Cheers

Bhargava

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Spot or evaluative metering would have been better in this case.It is important to find exact area from where you take the reading.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to see this species. I am sure in your next trip you will get a full frame image for us.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi