Crested Lark

[Bhargava Srivari]

Shot this bird at Shamirpet on the Saturday afternoon. Was a shy and alert bird- wouldn't allow anywhere close to it! Finally, managed to get close enough for a decent shot by moving from rock to rock and shot this from behind a rock

f7.1, 1/800sec, ISO 400, EV +0.7, 400mm

canon 60D, canon 100-400 L IS, handheld

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Nice perch.Wish the bird was closer.Any cloning done in the BG(top right corner)??.tfs

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The composition looks fine. A glint in the eye would have been great. The overall colour theme looks nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice composition. I like the overall colour theme and the wide perspective here. Do you use sharpen edge/USM tool in Photoshop? It seems a tad on the higher side. Overall nicely done. Was it about to fly when you clicked this?

[Bhargava Srivari]

Dr Kalpamoi

I hope you are not imagining things- I have no clue how cloning is done

Bibhav

No, I haven't used the sharpen edge tool.

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Mr Srivari,
It is not the matter of imagining things.Some patches are visible in the top right corner,very unusual in appearance.That is why doubt was created.it seems you got annoyed,but cloning is not a bad things,when required. Nor it is very difficult to learn either.

[Bhargava Srivari]

Nothing like getting annoyed Doctor...sorry if the tone was harsh

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice eye contact. The crest adds to the composition. It is good that you tried to get as close as possible. I too do that a lot of times as 100-400 might not be sufficient for birding .Why +0.7 EV? Thanks for sharing.