Marsh Harrier Male

[Mital Patel]

Marsh Harrier Male

Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400D ED VR
Taken 14, Feb, 2010 at 12:16 pm

1/250sec at F/8 -2/3 ev, ISO 400, @400mm

My first shot with D700 and was lucky that allowed such close encounter with the Marsh Harrier as they keep atleast 100feet minimum distance at the location.

THOL, Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C Welcome

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice Mital, first time see so much detail in the head! Congrats on the new camera, one of the best that's out there!

[Mital Patel]

thanks arash. wish the cam will be mine but unfortunately it is of my boss and i am soon getting my new d300s lucky to have 1.4 crop sensor instead full frame and less burst rate of d700.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the intense look bhai.. nice details too..

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image Mitalbhai , lovely details
TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital, liked the details a lot. Sharp where it counts. But I am wondering if this wud be even better with an even smaller aperture. You might want to tone down the bright feathers in LLC...I am sure with your photoshop skills, you can easilly pull it off. Light seems harsh and from above....but you did mighty fine in the conditions.

[Mital Patel]

thanks Kaustubh you are right that sun was on top while i was in the woodlands and this fella gave me nice time with him sitting beside him.

surprise was like was moving here and there when this buddy turns to grab nice light angle for eye. lucky got some.

yea LLC can be tweaked down which i really didn't bothered bout while i was totally in fever of this fella's head :)

[Mike Godwin]

Absolutely gorgeous! Love the detail and eye contact, and background colors compliment the bird nicely.

[RAM MALLYA]

Superb details of the bird Mital bhai a stunner