The Laughing Dove

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Spotted this beauty early in the morning sitting on the cable outside my balcony...though the sunlight was coming from behind, the light was falling on it and the building was reflecting some light on it...so attempted a decent shot...

Canon S5 IS
Shutterspeed 1/250
F stop - 1/3.5
Focal length 72mm
Metering mode Centre weighted average
Exposure compensation 0 step
ISO 100

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Beautiful photograph.Distinctive Black checks on rufous throat visible,eye contact is good. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. The eye contact is good. This species has got beautiful colours. The lighting on the bird is fine. The vertical composition looks good. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi