This is a great image Arun. Very nice position of the bird. My only criticism is perhaps I would like to see all of it's tail. Nicely done.

Nice clear shot,like the eye looking at you.
Regards

Carl Wheeler wrote:
> This is a great image Arun. Very nice position of the bird. My only criticism is perhaps I
> would like to see all of it's tail. Nicely done.
>

Thanks Carl for looking and for your comments. I captured this very shy bird from the open jeep we are travelling in, while moving through in the wildlife sanctuary. We were not permitted to get off the jeep as this sanctuary also has leopards and tigers. I agree with you that I could not get all of the bird's tail in my frame, but I consider myself lucky to get this much.

Cheers,
Arun

syed noman wrote:
> Nice clear shot,like the eye looking at you.
> Regards
>

Thanks Syed Noman for your appreciative comments :-)

Arun

Beautiful bird shot ....!!!
Compliments,

Fonzy - wrote:
> Beautiful bird shot ....!!!
> Compliments,
>

Thanks Fonzy :-)... you may not have seen this bird as this species is native to certain parts of Asia only

Regards,

Arun

It's a very good result, excellent sharpness, lighting and colours. The background could be a little bit more blurry, but I guess given your position and the position of the bird you actually managed to get the best compromise between subject sharpness and bokeh.

I also noticed the exposure time of 1/1250s, which is way more than the 1/f rule (1/224s in this case). I've noticed this too - that with tele shots to get really sharp images you need to shoot at much shorter exposure times than required.

Alfred Molon wrote:
> It's a very good result, excellent sharpness, lighting and colours. The background could be
> a little bit more blurry, but I guess given your position and the position of the bird you
> actually managed to get the best compromise between subject sharpness and bokeh.
>
> I also noticed the exposure time of 1/1250s, which is way more than the 1/f rule (1/224s in
> this case). I've noticed this too - that with tele shots to get really sharp images you need
> to shoot at much shorter exposure times than required.
>

Thanks Alfred, for looking and for your comments. Yes, the ambient light conditions in the jungle were luckily very good allowing me to tweak the settings at shutter speed 1/ 1250 at aperture f4 and at ISO 320.

Regards,

Arun

Wow, amazing shot Arun. It's seems this bird was very close.

Greetings,

Wim

Wim Westerhof wrote:
> Wow, amazing shot Arun. It's seems this bird was very close.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Wim
>
Thanks Wim for your comments. Yes, the bird was closer than most situations. Nice to hear from you after a long time. I hope you are doing good.

Regards,

Arun