Red throated Flycatcher - A nice Bath !!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

This was made in Sinhagad Valley , Pune . Loved the way these small cuties enjoyed a good bath in the winter sun .

Camera : Canon 1 D Mk III
Lens : 600mm f4 IS
Aperture : f 5
Shutters : 1/400
ISO : 1250

Cheers,
Rakesh

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Rakesh, I actually like the central placement in this, and the little guy sure looks like he's having fun. Good to see the droplets flying off at all angles, and if anything, I would crop up from the bottom to rid you of the OOF FG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Rakesh, is this at the start of the trail on the left side valley? I know those puddles there attract a lot of birds....at least they used to, back in the day :-)

liked the droplets and good HA that you captured. agree with Stu on crop.

[yogesh_puranik]

wow..nice freeze sir..missing valley..KD you are correct..we are still getting the flycatchers there..i am missing all the fun..

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The very place , KD . The problem nowadays , I hear, is the number of people trying to shoot these beauties on the weekends . I hear you find more people and lenses than the actual count of birds coming there