Nesting Painted Storks

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

f/8
1/1600
ISO 400
700mm
5DIII
Image made at Bharatput Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev,
quite nice family scene from Bharatpur.
Overall too light for my taste, would burn the highlights and mid tones (slightly).
There is not enough room on bottom for my taste.

How is the water level at Bharatpur this year ? Are there many birds, or still very quiet? Are the cranes there ? meaning the white ones…..
Been there in 2000 with loads of birds , plus 3 cranes.

TFS Andreas

[Marina Scarr]

You had a difficult scene to photograph here, but I think you succeeded well considering that fact. You have a nice behavioral family image with the 2 chicks on the right and the full adult. Agree that a looser crop could improve this image but not sure whether you have distracting elements in the BG that you wished to crop out.