Sarus Crane - Grus antigone (Monsoon)

[Mital Patel]

Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)

Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/800sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/8
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Aug 01 2009, 11:05 am
Location : In the Village near Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C welcome

[Leo Berzins]

A lovely image, Mital. Nice even lighting, good exposure and perfect DOF for this composition.

[Harshad Barve]

Grand settings , nice expo , beautiful lighting and killer BG
If mine I would crop some portion on top
I feel there is some noise , what do you say
TFS

[Mital Patel]

agree on the noise part harshad. this was taken in full dull sky and there was no sun visible. subject was pretty far and this is cropped image. moisture level was high and thus the noise were present and came up bit more in processing.

[Ken Watkins]

This is a very beutiful and unfortunately very endangered bird. I have seen them only once before but much to far way to get an image. Given the difficult light etc. I think this is pretty good and it is nice to see them.

[Kiran Poonacha]

beautiful shot of this beauty mital, you have captured its surrounding so well, the natural pose adds so much here.. one very personal suggestion would be to cut out the back part of the bg on top and add it at the bottom to give room for the virtual legs. Congrats for this Bhai..

[Mital Patel]

one very personal suggestion would be to cut out the back part of the bg on top and add it at the bottom to give room for the virtual legs. Congrats for this Bhai..

didnt got your point exactly.. can you please explain bit more ?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Something like this bhai, even in this is felt the bird is a little centered, But I felt it was ok. This is a very personal choice bhai.. the image looks great as it is.

[Mital Patel]

this is good change hai.. i like this one.. looks much better without upper area..
thanks a lot bhai nice move.

[Art Peslak]

A beautiful environmental shot in nice soft light. I just wish there was a little more room on the right behind the birds.

[Ilija Dukovski]

I like the image very much, the birds are very well captured and composed, love the poses, and nicely placed in uniform
and pleaseing BG. I prefer Kiran's re-post, puts all attention to the cranes. Don't mind the noise and in Kiran's
re-post it is not too bad. Great work Bhais :)

[David Fletcher]

I like the image very much, the birds are very well captured and composed, love the poses, and nicely placed in uniform
and pleaseing BG. I prefer Kiran's re-post, puts all attention to the cranes. Don't mind the noise and in Kiran's
re-post it is not too bad. Great work Bhais :)

As Ilija said. Very well done. Wonderfully composed and as mentioned, the re-post centers the attention on the birds nicely. Like their placement, and feel is about right.

[Eric Wilmot]

Lovely birds. Very sharp even if it's a big crop. Another vote for Kiran's repost. Well done Mital.

[Chris van Rooyen]

What a striking species in a striking setting! Love the gentle filtered light, the contrast of the red heads with the green grass and perfect posture of the two birds. Well done!