White throated Laughing thrush

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Made this image in Pangot in Uttarakhand in North India . The light was not great , but it was lovely to get this lifer .

Body : Canon 1D Mk III
Lens : Canon 600mm f4 IS
Shutters : 1/1000 s
Aperture : 5.6
ISO :1250

Cheers ,
Rakesh

[Craig Brelsford]

Hello Rakesh, fellow Asian birder! Laughingthrushes, that quintessentially Asian family, need to make more appearances on this forum. (I live in China, their heartland, so I'm talking to myself too.) Congratulations on this lifer. Despite the poor lighting, I think you got a good shot, and I think more could be done. I'd carefully select the OOF BG and noise-reduce it. I'd then see whether more color couldn't be coaxed out of the l'thrush without burning that fragile white throat.

[Danny J Brown]

A wonderful shot with the blue eyes, rich brown and especially the white chest. I've never seen a laughing thrush.....gorgeous bird.

dB

[Levina de Ruijter]

What a beautiful bird! Despite the low light (good for those whites though!), I think it's a lovely image.

[Johan Kruger]

very interesting looking bird. nice capture!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Rakesh, I have dreamt of seeing these birds since childhood. This is awesome....so hard to get. Great feel here and very nice angle of the bird.

[Pieter de Waal]

Striking bird Rakesh with nice plumage detail and as mentioned by Danny beautiful blue eye. Well done on the lifer.:S3: