Cattle Egret at Siliguri

[pinakibaidya]

After getting tips from Joe i changed my settings for shooting birds i practiced a lot. Recently i took this pic of a cattle egret from my car. Interestingly enough whenever i tried to walk closer to this bird i spooked it. Now this picture looks much better than my previous shot of cattle egret. It was taken with Nikon D5100 at 500mm,f/8,1/250sec,+1 EV exposure compensation.C&C are welcome.

[Brownbear]

Beautiful image!

[John 2]

That's very nice. Perhaps doesn't need all the space on the LHS but that's a very minor comment.

[Brownbear]

I forgot to say that the background is especially lovely... Focus/sharpness is great and colour is beautiful.

[Ken Curtis]

Very nice. I agree with John and Christina's comments and have nothing more to add.

[Dave Humphries]

Very good Pinaki,

Good exposure, light and sharpness.

I guess there is a bit more than is needed on the left, but my first thought (after the three good points already noted) was that a little more room for the feet at the bottom of frame, even though we cannot see them, would balance it better.

Hope that helps,

[jamn4ex]

Pinaki This is beauty! It pays to listen to photographers like Joe and Steve when it comes to birds for sure. Your colors put this right on top for me.

[pinakibaidya]

Thank you all for viewing my work and nice comments.

[davidedric]

Agree with what's been said, and just want to add that it's nice to see a cattle egret getting the treatment. I think it's a much over-looked bird.