Large Grey Jungle Babbler

[Naveen Sharma]

Camera: Canon EOS 60 D
Lens: Sigma 150-500mm
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed: 1/400
Aperture Value: 6.3
Metering Mode: Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 640
Focal Length: 500.0 mm
Taken: December 15 th 2012
Location: Pune
Copyright: Naveen Sharma
Feel Free to share the image with your friends if you like ….will be an honour….

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch. Good eye contact. Liked the composition. Thanks for sharing.

[Naveen Sharma]

thanks mrudul godbole...

where is sabyasachi patra sir........

awaiting his comments as well

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Naveen,
I was out filming for nearly a month in places with less or no connectivity. So responding to the images now.

The borders help in case of prints hanging on the wall, however the borders distract and doesn't help in critiquing.

The image appears soft. Without knowing the amount of crop, it would be difficult to guess why the image is soft. Were you handholding? You need to see if you are comfortable handholding at 1/400. Even though the sigma is a small lens, 500mm is still a large focal length and magnifies your mistakes.

The image is too dark and the blacks dominate. A couple of decades back these darkened images were a fad. They are not favoured these days. However, people in some image sharing sites do it.

[Naveen Sharma]

tripod was used in this case.........i was unaware of the fact that the OS need to be turned off when the lens is mounted on a tripod .......it is nearly 30 % crop