It was quite tough to maintain focus on this little grebe from such a low angle, I have managed this for now, will try and perfect it soon with all your blessings.
spec: 1/4000, F 5.6, ISO 800, + 1/3
Manual mode.
regards,
Kiran.
It was quite tough to maintain focus on this little grebe from such a low angle, I have managed this for now, will try and perfect it soon with all your blessings.
spec: 1/4000, F 5.6, ISO 800, + 1/3
Manual mode.
regards,
Kiran.
Wonderful bg, great moment caputed, love the low angle, spot on focus and detail, see a few hot spots in the chest area. Very nice job on this one Kiran. What camera model did you use?
Thanks Chad, sorry forgot the mention the eqipment. I used a MK4 coupled with a 500mm and a 1.4TC. The hot spots are the clean white feathers beneath the top layer. :-)
Regards,
Kiran.
Last edited by Kiran Poonacha; 08-23-2011 at 09:08 AM.
Very nice action shot Kiran! Love the low angle and the droplets here. Beautiful BG and sharpness.
Great image and action Kiran.
Love this image Kiran. The water droplets and pose are great and the low angle view is fantastic.
Good luck with the next one. Have you tried using two focus points plus AF expansion on the MK4?
This should give you more sensors to focus with.
And just curious, what kind of support where you using for the lens?
Gorgeous bird, water and BG! Great pose and love the water drops!
Looks a bit over-sharpened to me and would like to see the bird a bit further to the left in the frame.
Looking forward to seeing more!
Simply lovely Kiran. My only nit would be to move the bird to the left a bit. There will still be lots of water droplets to enhance the image,
Gail
Thanks Luis, sure will try it out. Need to find that manual.
Regards,
Kiran
This is a wonderful pic. The motion, the water droplets, and the sharpness. Great.

Lovely picture Kiran
Great low angle and warm light. Like the drops of water coming off the bird.
excellent image kiran bhai as usual amazing low angle sharpness and grt moment. also BG is lovely..nice droplets..good
Excellent! From the thumb my instinct was to place the bird further left, but viewed larger I like the comp as is with the drops nicely filloing the left side. Even though the "hot" spots are clean white feathers I'd still be tempted to tone those down. Very well done Kiran!!
Looks pretty good to me. I'm eager to see when you "perfect" itLove that background and the action of the bird.
Really well done, the drops are really nice and the colors are brilliant.
I, too would move it left just a bit.
Dan Kearl
Fantastic low angle, light and pose! IQ is not great - how much of a crop is it?
Wow, Kiran, wonderful dynamic action capture, love the pose, colors, and drops! Good suggestions above, but still nicely done!
Love everything about this image, super action,angle detail and colours. Well captured
Chris Kotze
Kiran, I like the comp as presented. Low angle makes this one so good. exposure, colors, bird angle....excellent. agree that it looks a bit oversharpened...but am afraid that without that, it might look soft.
Awesome. Agree a bit oversharpened. Love the composition as it is for showing all the water drops as a circle around the bird. Colors and low angle are amazing. Foreground looks solid with the perspective. Beautiful work, Kiran.
Lorant

pose and light are excellent Krian, love the low angle but the IQ is not in par with your high standards.
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Thank you dear friends for your kind words of encouragement and valuable suggestions. Really appreciate it.
Regards,
Kiran.
Awesome shake, bhai !! Loved it !
The BG is simply magical. Love the spay of water droplets, adds so much action to the image. The low perspective works wonders for this image.
Overall a brilliant image. Brilliant work, Kiranbhai....