Greater Flamingo Oct_09 #1

[Mital Patel]

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6 + 1.4 tc
Exposure : 1/800sec @ 520mm
Aperture : f/9
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Oct 30 2009, 8:30 am
Location : Thol bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C Welcome

[Fabs Forns]

What impresses me the mos about this image is the light falling on the birds, WOW! They are radiating a glow :)
Awesome shape formed by the two heads and necks, merging of the head with the shoreline a bit unfortunate.
In all, an excellent image, congrats!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital, despite the big drawback of line crossing the head, I like this one a lot. Beautiful birds, colors....and the pose of course. This is one of those situations, where people like you and me wish for a faster aperture lens for more blurring, isn't it?

I am assuming you could not have gone lower...because that would have helped a lot. I know it will eliminate virtual legs, but I wont mind a tighter crop.

KD

[Mital Patel]

kaustubh thanks for the kind words and suggestions.
true it would be good to go crawl mode but the face i was under a tree over the water :) 6" deep and worried to get wet in **** of other birds though was sitting ver that :)

true it could have helped me to avoid the edge line of water body.

also this is cropped image not full frame and cropped till the last edge i get quality. going tigher would have lost it so this is what i have right now but surely i do wish for a faster lens to get nice blur and distance :)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, interaction and sharpness. Too bad about the shoreline in the BG. Does it need a tad CCW rotation?

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice interaction you got Mital, love the composition and positioning of the birds (center works well here). I would blur the BG more to reduce the distraction from shoeline.

[denise ippolito]

The light and the details on the birds are fantastic. I agree about horizon-but still a sweet image.

[Harshad Barve]

Horizon mentioned , but what a sweet image , lovely light and pose
TFS