Malabar Whistling Thrush-K Gudi

[Shyamala Kumar]

I was busy trying to capture a Paradise Flycatcher when what I thought was a crow flew across my lens. This was a split second capture.Canon 60D 100-400mm f5.6 ISO-1600 FL400mm 1/640s Feb morning 2013

[Mrudul Godbole]

You are lucky to get it in the open on a nice perch. Good eye contact. I have still not got a decent image of this bird :-(. There are slight highlights on the branch, you can lower that in post processing. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Vipin Sharma]

Lovely pose , agree with Mrudul on highlight of branch.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

You are blessed with sighting of such a remarkable song bird. Nice perch and eye contact. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Murugan Anantharaman]

What a beauty, Shyamalaji. I also havent yet got a good shot of this lovely bird. When in Kabini last week, we could not even spot one. nice image. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice. the eye and colours have come out well.K gudi is a good place to catch them and also to hear them. Last time i was there both saw and heard one inside the JLR premises.

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely bird. They colours of this bird will make those of a Silk sari pale by comparison. The eye contact is fine. Foreigners often talk about the rich colours that they find here in India. I tell them that our colour palette of our painters in earlier days evolved from trying to replicate the colours found in nature. I am hoping to record the beautiful song of this bird. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi