Cattle egret with a catch..

[Nishith Kumar]

Aahh..Monsoon has finally made it's spectacular entry. With lush green grass teaming with grasshoppers and other insects carpeting the campus floor, birds are having a ball!!:)

Cattle Egret
SGPGIMS Campus
2nd July 2015

Exif data:
Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: Sigma 150-500mm
Aperture: 8.0
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 2000
Focal length: 340mm

-Nishith

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

A natural action nicely captured at right moment. I like the eyes and the bill. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

A big catch. You captured the right moment. Nice composition. There seems to be some loss of details. Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice moment...agree with mrudul, the image appears soft
TFS
Roopak

[Samrat Sarkar]

Nice!! the bird hasn't yet get the breeding plumage!!!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree with the previous comments. In bird photography, even 500mm can be less. Since one can sight many cattle egrets, it is better to slowly move close to a bird and observe for a long time. That will help in observing and capturing action like this without much cropping. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi