Collared falconet

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Shot right in front of Dhikala FRH in the evening of an overcast sky. Dec 2015.

Nikon D750, Nikkor 200-500 mm VR, at 460 mm, ISO 450, 1/4000s - F/5.6. +0.3 EV

[Debasis Bose]

Lovely shot. Which days in Dec were you in Dhikala. I was there between 18 Dec 2015 to 2nd Jan 2016

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely sighting. Good eye contact and catchlight on the eye. Seems there are some loss of details. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice to see this species...smallest among the raptors found in India.
TFS
Roopak

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks all, Debasis, I went between 9-11th of Dec...

[Shyamala Kumar]

Great capture of an elusive raptor.Lovely eye contact.Such beautiful colours!Thanks for sharing.

[Vipin Sharma]

A rare sighting , TFS.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice. This is not an easy bird to shoot. Agree about the detail loss - is this cropped and then run through a NR tool? If this is not a full frame image, I would prefer some more space all around. I feel that with birds like this one, the small size is worth emphasizing in a photograph, so including a bit of vegetation etc to show the scale works wonders.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ahhh. So cute. I agree with Abhishek. It is better that you give us a less cropped image. That will help us to see it in its habitat. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi