Large-tailed Nightjar (Full image)

[Arpan Saha]

English Name - Large-tailed Nightjar
Bengali Name - Raat chora
Scientific Name - Caprimulgus macrurus
Size - 33 cm
[Nikon D7000 + Sigma 150-500 + Tripod]
Location - CKBS, Kolkata
Shot Taken on - 16th Nov, 13; 8:05am


1/30 sec; f/6.3; ISO 640

almost uncropped, basic photoshop...

[Roopak Gangadharan]

This looks better.these birds are superbly confident of their camouflage and with good reason.
TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree with Roopak. Moving slightly to the right would have been better as from this position the head is away from the focal plane. The depth of field with f6.3 aperture is not sufficient to cover the body as well as head. Either a narrow aperture like f9 or moving the focus slightly behind would have also helped. Thanks for sharing.

[Mrudul Godbole]

This composition looks good. Good colours and details. Thanks for sharing.

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Hi

The sturdy tripod is already making a huge difference to your photos, where there are a lot more details. Like Sabyasachi said, moving to the right along with a higher ISO would allow for a narrower aperture and a lot more details to this already lovely image.

Thanks for sharing

regards
Rajan

[Arpan Saha]

thanks for the reviews and some really very helpful suggestions which I'll definitely try in my next shots... thanx...

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice sighting... nightjars always seem deep in meditation... quite lucky that you managed to spot it.... thanks for sharing.

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Fantastic image...........