The Indian Darter

[Kiran Poonacha]

or the snake bird this is called.

Spec: 1/800, F 9, ISO 800.

Canon 40D + 1.4TC + 500mm

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

A great image again!
I Iove the head turn,pose,perch,composition and the stunning bg,congrats!!!

[chris mayne]

Very fine image, Kiran. Perhaps a little more room above and a little less at the bottom, but that is very minor. I will be India in November for a month and am looking forward to seeing some of these wonderful birds. Congrats!

[Harshad Barve]

Amazing shot kiranbhai
Loved HA , sharpness, details and what a killer BG
TFS

[Lorant Voros]

Well done, Kiran. You have nice detail here. Typical drying pose, interesting perch and nice BG. Congratulations.

[Erich Stevens]

Kiran,

We call it the anhinga over here. Snake bird, too. Great capture of typical wing drying behavior of this species. Good sharpness and details. I can appreciate how difficult it can be to focus on their tiny eyes!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all for your kind words.


Very fine image, Kiran. Perhaps a little more room above and a little less at the bottom, but that is very minor. I will be India in November for a month and am looking forward to seeing some of these wonderful birds. Congrats!

Thanks Chris, I just felt the bird would get too centered hence I opted for this crop, We welcome you to India Chris, November is a great time to Bird in India. We have a lot of migeratory birds here then.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Kiran, here in SA, we call him a Darter, ( anhinga melanogaster )Super comp and pose, and I like the detail from the wings. These characters are difficult to expose, but you have done well there. Overall nice and sharp, and just love that BG. Great image, I like this.

[Mital Patel]

this is a mind blowing capture. what a fantastic drama light captured here. the pose looks like sort of hollywood movie fantasy character.

[Juan Aragonés]

Just fantastic Kiran. I would love to see this one at 100% size because the details of the feathers in the back looks really nice. The semiopened wings and the head turn are fantastic. Very good job!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, perch and BG. I would tone down the whites on the head a bit and would try to get more details in the blacks but certainly like it as presented.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Absolutely top notch stuff Kiranbhai! I agree a little less below and more above. :)

[arash_hazeghi]

Love this shot Kiran, excellent detail and killer BG.

[Gal Shon]

Very good Comp, light, pose, BG, great perch (fit very well to the image)
Well done.