Great Indian Bustard - Male

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all

Made this image in Nannaj , the last home for GIB ,
with D300, 600mm + 1.7x , F8 , ISO 200 , beanbag , cropped to 50%

this is most endangered Bustard across the globe ( not more tha 300 birds recorderd in Indian sub-continent ) and not may display images are available

Pl note that you can make images from a hide which is nearly 500 mtrs away from bird locations ,
Conservation and protection raisng their numbers here. Another image posted in Avian: Identification, Behavior and Nomenclature with detail info

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=367043#post367043

All C & C are welcome and much appreciated
Hashad

[Paul Randall]

Great to see a shot of such a rare bird. Good on you for respecting the regulations on photographing this species. I'm sure there is always the temptation to get closer.
This may make a better vertical composition.

[Stu Bowie]

Great sighting Harshad, and I like the pose. Paul's idea of a vertical will work, or you could move him to the left, and take a bit off the top and RHS.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool-looking bird, interesting pose and setting. I wish the bird were not angled away from you and it looks a bit soft, maybe out of focus?

[Doug Brown]

How cool to have a close encounter with such a rare bird! The image appears to have a blue cast to it. Given the extreme focal length I might have bumped my ISO to 400 and both stopped down and used a slightly faster shutter speed.

[Raymond Barlow]

well done, and congrats on such a fine image of a rare bird., i sure hope it survives, cool looking feathers on this one.