Black Drongo - Silhouette

[Prashant Jois]

Well this is my first attempt for an Silhouette image and please guide me in case if you feel something needs to be improvised.

Canon 7D with 100-400mm
13-11-2011 @9:48am
Aperture-Priority AE
Av 1/3200
Av 9
Evaluative metering
Ec -1
ISO 400
Fl 100mm
Cropped 20% for composition. Thanks for viewing and please do pass on your C&C.

[Bhargava Srivari]

I like the composition. I may have liked this more if you had given it further more negative EC so that the earthly colors of the anthill were not fully visible.

tfs

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice attempt. In backlit situations like these, I always prefer silhouettes rather than over-exposing for details. A little more to the left, and you'd have avoided the sunlit parts of the mound that Bhargava pointed out. Would have been better if the tree-line didn't intersect the bird, maybe you could have done that if you shot from a lower position.
PS: This might look good in B&W too.
TFS, look forward to more.

[Mrudul Godbole]

I agree with the above comments. Slight less space on the left would be good. Thanks for sharing.

[Prashant Jois]

Bhargava, Abhishek, Mrudul,

Thanks a lot for your valuable feedback which would greatly help an amateur photographer like me.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree with Abhishek. Even though the bird is in silhouette, the anthill is not as it is in sidelighting condition. You needed to move to the left to get the subject between you and the Sun.