Grey Hypocolius - Portrait

[Shreeram M.V]

Species: Grey Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus) - Male

Family: Hypocoliidae
Place: Greater Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
Date: Feb 12, 2011

Camera gear: Canon 7D with Canon 300mmf4IS and 1.4x TC, Handheld

Technical details:
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO: 200

More about this exciting encounter at Grey Hypocolius - Visual Quotient (http://www.visualquotient.net/index.php/grey-hypocolius/)

[Bhargava Srivari]

Good to see you shooting with the TC attached. The additional focal length hepls when shooting smal birds. Also, nice to see a close-up of this species..given the exif data, may be f8 would have been nicer:)

tfs

Bhargava

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely eye contact. The catchlight and the details are nice. Did you not use f8, to get a clean background? Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Wow! lovely bird, seeing it for the first time. I feel the dof is adequate infact f5.6 has made the subject stand out clear. In my opinion I am ok with these settings. The eye contact is excellent
tfs

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Lovely shot. The greens and the bokeh are what make this image for me. I agree with the use of f5.6
TFS.