Pariah Kite Taking Off

[Mrudul Godbole]

This is one of the images from the same series photographed while coming from Bandipur.

Canon 50D, 100-400 L IS USM, ISO 200, f 5.6, 1/500

Comments and critiques welcome..

[AB Apana]

Hi Mrudul, nice catch and very apt title, appears that you will be taking off as well! I'm trying to figure out what it has in its claws.

Can you try a closer crop?

Apana

[Murugan Anantharaman]

nice image mrudul....captured at the right moment....i too wonder what its holding in its claws!!

[Mrudul Godbole]

Thanks Apana and Murugan.

We had seen the carcass but were not able to make out. From this image we can see something with scales, so wondering if it is a snake. Not sure.

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice one Mrudul,
good DOF. Good that you were able to maintain the focus in flight... Slight toning down of highlights and a boost in sharpness would be great...

TFS

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Stunning Shot Mrudul

Do you think a higher ISO would have provided a higher shutter speed to freeze the wingtip details ? I am just thinking aloud . . . . maybe you and the experts can correct me if i am wrong . . .

regards
Rajan

[Mrudul Godbole]

Thanks Bibhav and Rajan.

Yes I agree about the sharpness, a higher ISO would have definitely got the wingtip sharper. If you refer to the similar photograph created by Sabyasachi, he was using 1/1600. The ideal in this condition would have been to use around 1/2500 to make it fully sharp. So definitely that needed bumping up the ISO.