vishaljadhav
11-16-2013, 11:49 AM
Khalij Pheasant is one of the birds that i was aiming to shoot in my trip to the north of India, after a few days of getting fleeting glimpses of this bird one day decided to follow it into the Jungle, for around 2 hours i followed it all around without managing a single image , the light was always a challenge as the undergrowth didn't allow me great shutter speed. Once in the process i managed to get close but the male disappeared behind the bush and the female followed him , around 5 minutes later i heard a the twigs breaking and 2 birds coming rolling one over the other in my direction. I stayed put in the same place and the guys fought around 5 feet from me with the dust all over me :) not being able to use my lens due to the MFD not working i decided to just watch and it was impressive fight , lasted only 30 odd seconds and then one of the bird just ran off , the other victorious bird had all its adrenaline pumping walked around a bit and just was at MFD when i decided to click managed 5 frames in very low light as did not have much time to think, this is nearly the full frame image .
5D MIII + 400 f2.8 + 2x TC
ISO 1000, f7.1 , 1/50
134774
The bright spot over the head was the opening in the canopy as i was below the birds level, could not avoid it.
Let me know your views
best regards
vishal
5D MIII + 400 f2.8 + 2x TC
ISO 1000, f7.1 , 1/50
134774
The bright spot over the head was the opening in the canopy as i was below the birds level, could not avoid it.
Let me know your views
best regards
vishal