Eurasian Reef Egret

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Supposed to be a rare one in Kabini. A very elusive bird (an extremely shy one at that - flies away at the sight of humans even far away) we had to stalk it for hours (literally crawl) to get even within a range of the 500 mm lens with a 1.4 TC range.

Add to it, light was very poor and had to bump up the ISO. Beanbag mounted since we were crawling.

40D, APO 150-500, F6, 1/800, ISO 1600, 1.4 X TC used on a full focus of 500 mm

regards
Rajan

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice catch. Wouldn't expect to find a reef egret in Kabini :).
I would have liked a bit more of the rock included. Nice smooth BG.
Is this the transition plumage stage?

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose and eye contact. The clean background is a plus. Your efforts paid off :). Thanks for sharing.

[Bibhav Behera]

Good to know about the efforts made for an image... The image looks fine to me... Wonder what a reef egret was doing in Kabini. Lost its way had it? :)
Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice record. I like the eye contact. The background has come off well. Well worth the effort. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi