Great Hornbill

[Debasis Bose]

NikonD7000, Sigma 150-500 @ 400mm, f/11, 1/8000s, ISO-6400

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice you could photograph a hornbill in flight. It is quite difficult to get them in the open. There seems to be some detail loss, is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice flight pose. You can get away with a lower shutter speed like 1/3200. That would have helped you in getting a lower shutter speed. However, the important thing is precise focusing. Where was it photographed?

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Hi

I'm a bit puzzled here. All the parameters set in this snap are for a high sharpness potrait. The ISO @ 6400 is high, the Shutter Speed @ 8000 is high and the Apreture @ 11 is high and provides for a high DOF and even the focal length is not at the highest end of the lens (which is 500, while there is 100mm to spare).

Yet, as Mrudul points out, thre seems to be a loss of details. What is the learning we can take out of this composition ? Is it the crop factor ? Is it a larger sized file being uploaded which has robbed the nice picture of its details? Would love to hear from the experts.

That is more from a learning perspective and no taking away credits for a lovely flight pose, nicely captured. The timing of the snap is also wonderful for the bird seems to have tucked in its wings for a dive or just before alighting on the perch.

Thanks for sharing

regards
Rajan

[Debasis Bose]

Dear Mrudul, Sabyasachi and Rajan, Thank you for the informative comments and must commend that you have great insight and knowledge of photography. I made the mistake in writing the lens specs, actually I used Nikor 70-200 f 2.8 lens with Kenko 2x TC @ 400 mm and not sigma 150-500 mm. Since that was my first outing with D7000 and 70-200 f 2.8 lens, I was unaware of all the functions of the camera and not to take any chance, I kept the camera on auto mode with flash manually off. Regarding the crop, yes the photo is 70:30, i.e 30% crop. Trust that clarifies the loss in quality and confusion in setting. Best Regards Debasis Bose

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Dear Debasis

Thanks for your reply. That clears my doubts. The Camera and Lens combination is a good one one and i am sure you will be making more such nice pictures. Since you have recently bought these, my suggestion is to spend time to read the manual thoroughly. There is a treasure trove of information on those manuals which will come in handy as you progress. Happy filming and do keep those snaps coming.

regards
Rajan

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image debasis...well timed. Agree with patra sab focus seems to be the problem here... this is a malabar pied hornbill.

TFS
Roopak