'White-throated Fantail'

[Arpan Saha]

English Name - White-throated Fantail
Bengali Name - Chak_dayal
Scientific Name - Rhipidura albicollis
Size - 19 cm
[Nikon D5100 + Sigma 150-500]
Location - Mahadipur, Malda, W.B.
Shot Taken on - Sep, 12

1/125 sec; f/8; ISO 1000
uncropped, basic photoshop.

It took me 2 yrs of work with this bird to get this image [I was posted there for 2 yrs and the bird often came near my office, alone or in pair; this image was the result of 2 years of trust :) ]...

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Excellent capture.....

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice you got it close and the details are good. Smoth BG. wub been nice to include the tail in full

TFS
Roopak

[Arpan Saha]

ya i know, the image is good, but defective due to tail... i got the tail full (posted before), but missed the head turn...and the saddest part is this type of opportunities rarely comes twice...

yet to learn a lot...

thanx for the reviews...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice close-up. Good eye contact. The low angle adds to the composition. What was the focal length you were using? Since you were using a 150-500 mm lens, maybe zooming out would have helped to get the tail in full. Thanks for sharing.

[Arpan Saha]

used 500...

thanks for the review...

This pic was taken more than 1 yr ago, then my only aim was to get as close to the subject as possible...
But now my main aim is composition... surely I'll try to get the subject in full...

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image, agree with previous comments. It would have been nice had you got it with its spread out fan like tail. Reminds one of earlier days when a hand fan-Chinese/Japanese make was used when the power would go off :). Thanks for sharing.

[Arpan Saha]

thanks for the reviews...

ya i got images of its tail spread like fan, but sadly the tail was in focus instead of its eyes and so the picture is not worth posting...