This beautiful bird was taken in not-so-ideal afternoon sun. Kerela, Feb '09
Canon 40D with 70-300IS lens.
1/400 ; F5.6 ; ISO100
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This beautiful bird was taken in not-so-ideal afternoon sun. Kerela, Feb '09
Canon 40D with 70-300IS lens.
1/400 ; F5.6 ; ISO100
Amit,
It is tough to nail these birds. However, you have succeeded to a large extent. Is this a cropped image? I would crop the small part of the branch near the right frame.
Were you handholding? A higher sharpness would have been better. Small birds move fast and require higher shutter speeds. A higher shutter speed would have been better. Since you were using ISO 100, you could have easily used ISO 200. That would have given you a shutter speed of 1/800th and sufficient to arrest subject movement.
During post processing you can open up the shadows a bit so that the eye portion becomes more prominent.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Handheld, And a poor cropping job.
Thanks for the feedback. Then, I figured ISO 100 best for the ample light available.
I was shooting his mate, in the shade when i noticed this guy and had just a two exposure op. It was windy in the open as well. ( the mate shot follows):)