Calling Tail's..............

[Ritesh Nangare]

Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Male bird).
Sinhagad valley , Near pune, Maharashtra
March 2013.

Asian paradise flycatcher one of my favorite bird, i was always amaze with the length of his tail , i am trying for this image with full back profile, full stretched tail, looking back at the camera, in full beak open calling position for last two and half year at last i got it last march 2013 it got displayed in DRUSHTIKON 2013 (best exhibition of the photography) also and it is one of the favorite images for the visitors also. This one of the longest tail male at the valley. Sorry for the tail here i could not manage more then that because of the huge length of the tail it is almost touching the bottom of the image. it is very difficult to manage this bird with all in focus for me.

I think this is one of the best images i have till date........

Enjoy.........

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Ritesh, that is some tail! As you mention the DOF falls on the tail end but that really does not bother me - nice background and sharp where is matters most. A well done image!

Allen

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Lovely image Ritesh! I like the calling pose, the nice BG, the sharpness is good and you managed to frame the long tail very well. Congrats.

[Kaido Rummel]

What a beautiful bird! I love the pose, BG and the detail - great shot!

[Marina Scarr]

Obviously a very tough bird to photograph. You did it well, and I love the calling pose!