Siberian Stonechat

[Mital Patel]

Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) / male non-breeding
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6 + kenko 1.4 tc
Exposure : 1/400sec @ 560mm
Aperture : f/9
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Oct 15 2009, 9:41 am
Location : Thol bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C Welcome

[Stu Bowie]

Good sharp image Mital, and I like the overall detail and colours on him. Great BG, and well captured.

[David Fletcher]

Nice shot Mital. Tack sharp, good comp and lovely bg.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very nice composition and excellent eye contact and detail Miltal. Like this a lot.

[John Chardine]

Very nice and sharp. Beautiful BG and the perch goes with the bird nicely. Too bad you caught the movement in the back end of the bird.

[Morkel Erasmus]

pin sharp with great BG Mital...like the pose too

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Sharpness, angle, eye contact and BG look good. The bird looks a bit nervous.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image with expo , compo, sharpness and BG spot on
TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Axel nailed it. Nervous and the slightly raised wing indicates that something appears to have scared it? Happens a lot with small birds here when using fill flash. OTherwise nice BG and sharp as! Well done Mital! :)

[Mital Patel]

there is no fill flash and scariness in the bird but a pure routine behavior when they do just vibrating entire body to get clean up and this shot is taken over that time.