Jungle Owlet

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Shot this during my morning walk at the resort, this guy initially was so camouflaged that I had not seen him, later he changed the location only then I noticed.

Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 100-400mm lens
Av 5.6
Tv 1/125
ISO 800
Focal length 400mm
Cropped
Handheld
Date and Time : 8th April'12 @ 5am
Location - Club Mahindra Resort, Naukuchiatal, Uttaranchal

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Beautiful... Those glowing eyes are looking very nice

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice stare. Some more space at the bottom would be good. Wish the light was better for a narrower aperture. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Lovely eye contact praveen. Agree with mrudul on space below. Looks like Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides).

TFS
Roopak

[Prasad Dingankar]

Nice eye contact. Beautifully captured. This being a crop, you tipped off the tail... any pwericular reasons?

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Thanks guys for the useful comments

Prasad thanks for observing it, fortunately I have one more image where there is some more pace at the bottom and the tail is not clipped.

Roopak - Thanks for nailing down the correct id

Mrudul- I will re-post a new image and that should fix most of the points discussed:)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely eyes. Agree that more space at the bottom would look better. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi