Bird of prey - shikra

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Suddenly all small birds and squirrels ran around haphazardly. After few minutes I watched a shikra on a thick branch of banyan tree (under shade) in the golpbag campus of Burdwan university, waiting for her next prey.

Date Taken: Jan 27, 2015
Camera: Canon EOS 600D
Focal Length: 235 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 2000

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. Wish the angle was less steep. Slight more space at the bottom to include the tail feathers in full would have been good. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice sighting. Female. Penetrating look. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Since you were shooting with a intermediate focal length, including more of the habitat rather than cropping would be better. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice to see this. agree with comments above.
TFS
Roopak