Black Beauty...

[Divyang Dave]

Red naped Ibis,East Gujarat,Dec-12.
Canon 550 D+ 400 mm f/5.6 L.

At 400mm,f-5.6,t-1/1250,EV- -0.7.

Hand held almost full frame.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice colours and catchlight in the eye.

TFS
Roopak

[Supreet Sahoo]

I really like the look on this one. The colors are nice and vibrant, well exposed and sharp as it should be. Tfs doc.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch. Good eye contact. Wish the light was less harsh. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The blacks have lost details. So you need to pull up the shadows. Increasing the contrast and making it dark has resulted in dark patches in the background. These dark patches, especially the ones on the left attract attention. It is also because the shape of the bird and neck frames the dark patches and immediately our eyes go there. So one more reason for not going down these high contrast black look.