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[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

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Camera
Canon EOS 7D (http://www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/eos_7d/)


Exposure
0.003 sec (1/400)


Aperture
f/5.6


Focal Length
500 mm


ISO Speed
320


Exposure Bias
0 EV


Flash
Off, Did not fire


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[Randy Stout]

Sanjeev:

Good details in the blacks, good pose for this long tailed fellow, like the visible talons.

I would be tempted to do a vertical crop of this image. His pose and perch would be a natural for a vertical, and it would eliminate some of the challenges caused by the varied background. I would also consider toning down the remaining brightest spots in the BG.

Please be sure to comment on other folks images :S3:

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

Though I am not a fan of variegated sky/vegetation backgrounds you have done as well as possible here: sharp with a pleasing exposure and a pleasing image design.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Randy & Artie. Appreciate your comments.
Art, I am finding that with the new 500 II lens I don't need to add that much contrast in PP as the images are very contrasty as compared to my 100-400, also there is less need for sharpening as images are plenty sharp straight out!
In this image the variegated BG was unavoidable but I did tone down the brightest parts a bit in PS. I felt the bird nicely pops out from the BG.
cheers and happy to hear from you.