Flying Black Buck

[Keerthy Rajagopal]

Hello everyone,

This pic was shot on our way back from Thengumarahada. Just before this male crossed the road, a few females just ran across. It was totally hot and dry in those areas, except near the river. I hope the summer rains have cooled down these places as little bit.

I did not use full focal length, as i was trying to manual focus witha a little less zoom. My AF motor broke, and didnt get it serviced. Now i started enjoying manual focus.

EXIF:
Camera model: Canon EOS 550D,
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250 II,
Mode: AV mode,
Focal length: 131mm,
Shutter speed: 1/800,
F Stop: 8,
ISO: 400
Metering: Evaluative,
Support: Handheld
Crop: 41%
Place and time: Thengumarahada/31Mar2013
Manual focus.

[Debasis Bose]

Action caught in time, lovely shot. Cheers Debasis

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Very nicely captured

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely mid air pose captured. Good eye contact and composition. It does look quite quite hot and dry there. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely flight pose. It aptly describes the ability of the blackbuck.

During the pre digital era we used to use manual focus. And now for filming, it is manual focus. :)

Even when your autofocus is working, it is important to use manual focus to fine tune. A longer focal length would have been great here. Even the full 250mm would have been nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Keerthy Rajagopal]

Thank you everyone for the commets. Really appreciate it.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image of the flying buck Keerthy. You aptly froze it at the right moment. Agree that you could have zoomed in further. Thanks for sharing.