Exotic Bird

[Winter Hawk]

Here is what I consider a pretty good picture of some kind of exotic bird, it was taken at the Columbus Zoo with the FZ30. Comments and critique welcome.

Winter Hawk

 

[midget patrol]

The image looks pretty noisy, mostly in the background. The composition is a little bit too centered for my liking. The bird is looking left, so there should be some open space in the frame to the left; i.e. putting the bird farther right in the frame.

Still a good shot of a cool looking bird. :thumbsup:

 

[LaFoto]

A Victorian Crowned Pigeon.
They are so beautiful, and to their advantage they are usually to be found against beautiful backgrounds, too (i.e. green ) --- your sharpness and DOF is perfect here against that background.

And the reason why I know the name so well?
Check out this_thread . (You need to scroll to the photo in question).