ODKF with prey

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

An Oriental dwarf KF gets a prey for its young ones in Tahmini ghat area of western ghats of Maharashtra, near Pune.
1DX II
700mm
Tripod and Gimbal
From a hide amidst pouring torrential rain
1/200
f/6.3
ISO 4000

[Randy Stout]

Sanjeev:

Amazing color display on this little fellow, prey, soft background, interesting perch.

I might see if I could sharpen the frogs head a wee bit. A bit more depth of field to help with the perch would have been nice, but you didn't have a lot of light to work with obviously .

Cheers

Randy

[Steve Kaluski]

Super image Sanjeev, great colours.

I know it would be a huge jump for you re ISO, but the MK2 can take it, so exposing to the far right and really pushing the ISO to 12,800, the noise will be OK and you would have a tad more SS and then go to f/8. NR at 12,800 is fine and the image just another notch better.

TFS
Steve

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Sanjeev, wonderfully colored image. That bird makes our kingfisher look drab. Good suggestions from others. Thank you for sharing.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the topside view and the colors, the details seem to have suffered some and are lacking likely from slow SS....

TFS