Woolly Necked Stork/Joida

[Praveen Siddannavar]

We were trekking in Joida forest & suddenly I saw a pair of Woolly Necked Stork, shot this hand held. Probably missed the focus on the bird:(

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D, 500mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/2000
Av( Aperture Value ) 8
ISO 400
Focal length 500mm
Cropped
Hand held

[Sandesh Astgikar]

Beautiful shot

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Very nice flight shot Praveen. Beautiful eye contact.Good wing position & details as well.Wish the out of focus twigs in the front were not there.TFS

Regards
Kalpa

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice shot Praveen through the twigs. The eyes look good. The downwing stroke looks nice. The background looks a bit grainy for an ISO 400 shot. How much of a crop is this?

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I think he had no time to check the settings and fired the moment these birds took flight. So the image may have been underexposed and a bit of noise due to that. The eye and wings suggest that the focus is nearly there. The downstroke of the wings look good. I agree that if the intervening branches were not there, the image would have looked better.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi