A Bird of Snow-capped Mountain

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Snow Partridge is camouflaged in the terrain of snowy Himalayas. It is found in alpine pastures and open hillside above the treeline of Himalayas. The usual habitat is alpine pastures, open grassy hillsides with grass, lichens, moss, ferns and rhododendrons.
Place - Tunganath, Uttarakhand
Date Taken: Mar 17, 2018
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Sigma 150-600 mm
Focal Length: 600 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 800

[Shyamala Kumar]

Such a beautiful bird.Lovely capture.The clean background adds to the feeling of cold and height.Thanks for sharing.

[Roshni Patel]

Such a wonderful bird with clear details on it is snapped. Loved it!

[Disha Parchani]

Wow, what a beautiful bird. Nice shot

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Beautiful image. Nice composition. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Great to see this one. I have never photographed this species. When I went there, there was no snow.

It seems you have selective sharpened the bird layer? Why only f6.3 aperture? I would have loved a narrow aperture. How much of a crop is this?

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Rare sighting. Beautiful bird. Nice composition and eye contact. Did you try any wider compositions? Would love to see more of the landscape. Thanks for sharing.

[Samrat Sarkar]

Never seen this bird in field... Super image... TFS

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

superb image........