Blue Jay l Kabini

[Ashish Parmar]

Made this at Kabini last month.
This was shot at 1/500, f8.0, ISO 200, 400mm & evaluative metering. HANDHELD.

Equipment used :
Canon 30D
Canon 100-400mm IS

[AB Apana]

Nice one Ashish. Can this be cropped to remove the highlights below the branch? Otherwise good sharpness and good catchlight.

Apana

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Ashish,
I like the sharpness and the open beak. the catchlight in the eye is also a good add on. The bokeh/highlights below the branch lead the eye away from the subject. Also i would prefer a slight increase in exposure of the image.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ashish,
I like the open beak and the image is sharp. The perch is interesting. I think this image can be a bit brighter. You can tone down the highlight area at the bottom.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi