Spotted Forktail

[Prashobh Ailyam Nair]

Name: Spotted Forktail
Place: Uttrakhand
Date: 25.10.2015
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Tamron 150-600mm
Exif: f/6.3, 1/200, ISO800.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice sighting. Lovely image from Himalaya. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Beautiful composition. Great details even with high ISO and such low shutter speeds (and that massive lens is not light :-)). Maybe a stop or two on the +EC could have give more details around the blacks. Lovely head turn and eye contact. The OOF green splotches actually add a sense of mystic feel to the picture.

thanks for sharing

Rajan

[Prashobh Ailyam Nair]

Thank you Sir :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The blacks have completely lost details. Did you shoot like this or is it because of converting? Is this a large crop?

Where in Uttarakhand did you shoot this? Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Prashobh Ailyam Nair]

Thank you Sir,
I have few more pictures of the same bird, but from the same angle. I have made a change in the White Balance during post processing, which resulted a tone change of the image. I have cropped the upper and lower part of the image a bit. The picture was taken near Shikhar Falls during my trek to Mussoorie.

Regards
Prashobh

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice pic of this skulker. good eye contact. one gets to see a lot of top down angle shots of this bird. a wider compo with a little more of the habitat on display will also look good.

TFS
Roopak

[Prashobh Ailyam Nair]

Thank you Sir. :)