The Great Indian Bustard

[Kiran Poonacha]

It was a childhood dream fullfilled last month at Kutch when I was finally bless with the sight of this endangered Indian pride.

spec: 1/2000, ISO 400, F 5.6

Canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

[saleeltambe]

The intensity and will power of your childhood dream really reflects well in this image ..bhai ! Those eyes speak a very significant story.

[Callie de Wet]

Beautiful and they look a lot like our Kori Bustards. Like the eye contact here.

[Dan Fleming]

This image has a special feel to it (for me.) The colors are rich and the details are tack sharp. The oof foreground and background really serves to isolate and emphasize the birds. Nice shot.

[Jonathan Ashton]

That is one fine image - just oozing with quality, I like the colours and the details and the beautiful setting. To get both birds' heads sharp really puts the icing on the cake!:cool:

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Two nice head angles. DOF is right what it should be. I liked the habitat FG and BG. Good job as always.

[Doug Brown]

Congratulations on fulfilling your dream! Fantastic eye contact from both birds. You got both birds sharp, even though you were shooting wide open. I like the OOF habitat too.

[Randy Stout]

Kiran:

Excellent techs, interesting subjects, good timing, nice story. Can't beat that.
The only small point would be to do a bit of work on the OOF foliage by the left birds right leg. The OOF area covers part of the leg and tail feathers, and I think a bit of PP work would clean the overlap up.

Very nice.

Randy

[Gary Jones]

CVongrats on the sighting. The colours work well here. You've done well to get both in focus at 5.6. Both have good eye detail. I see Randy's point on the OOF area, but still great.

[tiziano cei]

all seams perfect in this shot!



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[Juan Carlos Vindas]

And both feature good eye contact! congrats on a fine image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful image Kiran! I love the birds' poses, and especially the two perfect HAs. Nice habitat too. Well done, and congrats on a dram come true :-)

[Ofer Levy]

Gorgeous behaviour and habitat shot! So beautifully balanced!

[Michael Zajac]

Outstanding BG.Good exposure and details.Nice composition.

[Markus Jais]

Awesome birds!
Great DOF, light and colors. I like the head angle and the pose of both birds.

Markus

[Dave Leroy]

Wonderful shot. Exposure, focus, and processing look spot on and amazing you have such good eye contact. Good for you to full fill a dream. Dave

[Chris van Rooyen]

Well done on getting a spectacular species in spectacular light. You did well to get the birds clean and both in focus, and the eye contact! I know how difficult bustards are to photograph, they are forever walking away from the camera:D

[Stu Bowie]

Kiranbhai, Super comp, and I like the space betwen the two. Both sharp, love the raised heads, and I like the surrounding BG too. Fine image.