Purple Heron

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Pallikarnai

Pictured by my daughter

400D, Canon 100-400 EFL, F 6, 1/500, ISO 400, Handheld

regards
Rajan

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Rajan,

I like the composition. The background is nicely diffused and without any distractions.

I would have liked the side view of the head so that the eye contact would have been better. When clicking a bird looking directly at the lens, it is better to have both the eyes visible ie. beak should be pointed straight towards the lens.

I am sure she will turn out into a fine photographer. She has the abilities and you have been guiding her well.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Lovely composition... i would reduce the background brightness a little...

Your daughter seems to be taking leaps and bounds in learning photography... great going...

[AB Apana]

Nice image, agree about the side view.

Apana

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice photograph. Good perch and composition. Sharp.

I hope she is reading the comments too .

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Agree about the head turn, but nevertheless a nice sharp shot, good compo too. Playing around with levels and saturation may enhance it further...

[Vikram Gupchup]

Some more of the perch and the bird more to the left . Have you tried this in b/w?

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Hi Vikram

Since this was a full frame, could not do anything with the perch.

Here is the B&W version with a little bit of crop to move the bird to the left. Frankly, i like this suggestion of yours . . .

Rajan

[Vikram Gupchup]

Looks better already!

The fun thing about zooms is that they can also be zoomed out