The predator waits

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

A marsh harrier sat silently in the dry branches of a tree...unmoving for quite some time
Shot with the Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm, 300mm, ISO 400, 1/1000s - F/5.6

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice attempt. Wish to see the raptor a bit more in the open. A narrow aperture ie. f8 or f9 would have been better. Where was this photographed? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

This was in Bharatpur...wanted to convey the silent watchful predatory mood...u'r right should have had a deeper DOF

[Debasis Bose]

Love the composition

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice behavior captured. The patterns created by the dry branches look nice. Good that you could sight it close to the ground. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice. Agree this wud been better if the bird was more visible.

TFS
Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Looks like a nice painting.The dry twigs and branches have created a nice unwoven pattern, may be, reflective of the mood of the bird. Having been posted under this sub-head; the pattern, I think, gets precedence over the bird.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild