Purple Heron

[Anand P Sachdeva]

Dear all, this picture was taken at sultanpur natinal park just 15 km from gurgaon, lot of birds reach this winter.
EOS 5D Mark II, 500mm f/4L @ f/8, 1/800, ISO 250

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to hear that there are many birds in Sultanpur this year. May be I will try a trip in Jan.

Normally we see a solitary purple heron. In this case there are two. for such tall birds, the ideal composition is a vertical one. Also, in this case, the focus seems to be locked a little bit behind the birds on the vegetation.

I would prefer manual focus when a bird is near lot of vegetation. Better to use the live view and focus manually. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

The symmetry looks good. Nice eye contact. Agree a vertical composition would have enhanced the image further. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more from Sultanpur.