Sariska Diary Dec-13

[Vipin Sharma]

In Africa Chat is known as “Gewone spekvreter” which means “Common fat-eater“,
A fairly small, dumpy bird from Chat family with a length of about 15 cm, the females and males are similar in plumage colouration and the females are slightly bigger than the males. They are rather drab birds, with brown to dark brown upper parts and under parts that are off-white to grey-brown. The rump and outer tail feathers are orange while the central tail feathers and the tip of the tail are dark brown. Bill, legs and feet are black; eyes are brown
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/640
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 250
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens 150-500mm
Focal Length 500.0mm

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image Vipin, however the image looks soft. I have used the Sigma 150-500 and at 500mm sharpness reduces significantly. You could try 500mm at f/8, would get better results. Thanks for sharing.

[Vipin Sharma]

Thanks Murugan for the comments , agreed at 500mm and f/8.0 the image would have been much sharper.Every camera has a sweet point like canon with 150-500mm Sigma lenses combination at f/8.0.