Hoopoe

[Bibhav Behera]

Shot in Vagator Hills, Goa.

Canon EOS 7D, 300 f/4L IS + 1.4x II TC

SS 1/320 (+0.3)
f/5.6
ISO 400

Full Frame Image. Comments and Critiques welcome.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice shot. Looks like it was feeding. Even lighting from the side would have been great. Is the image tilted, or is it the slope of the ground?
TFS

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Abhishek,
I'd believe that the tilt was user error! Did notice it while processing but didn't want to lose canvas so I let it be.

[Atul Sinai]

Nice low angle Bibhav. Well captured. Somehow the tilt does not bother me here. Where was this shot?

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. Have they burnt the vegetation? Is it close to any human habitation

[Bhargava Srivari]

Nice low angle. I'm thinking if EC 0 or even a slight negative EV would have been better.

tfs

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Sabyasachi,
Yes, the vegetation has been burnt. Earlier one used to find a lot of scrubland birds here but this time I definitely noticed the dwindled numbers because of the arson. The burning was probably done as this is a popular tourist spot (Chapora Fort). Unfortunately it was a good sanctuary for birds as well.

Hi Bhargava,
The rationale for the +1/3 EC was that the light was from the right, implying that the darker portions on the left (black banding) had the risk of getting underexposed. So to be safe, I dialed in a +1/3 EC.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image.One of my favourite birds in the Nehru Gardens,N.Delhi in the winter.Even that grass is not.....!Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild