The Clash of Kings - Part II

[Sridatta Chegu]

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Part I here (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/122730-The-Clash-of-Kings-Part-I)

When the "shooing" attack failed, he decided to launch himself and tried to bombard the intruder.

As I shot the sequence, I realized that I might hit the DOF limitation this time, and hence stopped down from f/6.3 to f/8. However also ended up with a slightly harsher background compared to the previous shot.

Canon EOS 1D-X + 400mm f/5.6L
f/8, 1/2000, ISO 800.
Cloned out some dark regions in the background.

[Satish Ranadive]

Action packed excellent image. Very nicely exposed whites, HA's are very good with open bill,beautiful clors and composition.
Wish whole BG was blue.

Regards,
Satish.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sridatta i am again impressed by your work on this one . All is just perfect , well almost , the BKG is kind of distracting , but nothing you do about , so think it is just a very minor issue.

Well done , TFS Andreas

[gail bisson]

F8 is the way to go IMHO. The action is the most important thing in this wonderful action shot. The BG doesn't distract me at all.
You have a great series going here,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Another really neat action photo. I love the golden slippers showing nicely. I see what you mean about the BG and ideally it would be smoother...but yes, the action trumps that.

[Sridatta Chegu]

Thanks everyone for the c&c!

[Marina Scarr]

This is really a killer imagej!!! Absolutely love the action, light and environment.

[Charleen Ratcliff]

absolutely stunning

[Arthur Morris]

Missed this one but glad that I saw it now. It is spectacular as noted above. Where was it created. Do you have a link to the first one?

[Sridatta Chegu]

Missed this one but glad that I saw it now. It is spectacular as noted above. Where was it created. Do you have a link to the first one?

Thanks Artie. Here is the link to the first one
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/122730-The-Clash-of-Kings-Part-I?highlight=

[Sridatta Chegu]

Missed this one but glad that I saw it now. It is spectacular as noted above. Where was it created. Do you have a link to the first one?
Forgot, this is taken in Shoreline Lake, Mountain View in Summer.