River Tern Portrait

[Bibhav Behera]

River Tern Portrait | Ranganthittu
Full frame image.

Canon EOS 1000D, 420mm
SS 1/320 (-1 EC)
f/13
ISO 400

Comments and critiques welcome.

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Nice, the BG adds to the potrait. What TC was this Bibhav?

regards
Rajan


River Tern Portrait | Ranganthittu
Full frame image.

Canon EOS 1000D, 420mm
SS 1/320 (-1 EC)
f/13
ISO 400

Comments and critiques welcome.

[Bhargava Srivari]

A novel attempt this. Nice clean BG and excellent details. However, I have a feeling that the bird appears like thrown at the corner of the frame(?).

tfs

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice details and background. I would have liked to include some more of the bird. Thanks for sharing. When was this photographed?

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Rajan,
This was shot with the Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM + EF 1.4x II Extender

Hi Bhargava,
The throwing away to the corner was intentional. I spent some 10-15 mins with this guy, so was able to try out different compositions. I liked the clean background which I could get so experimented with various placements of the bird in the frame.

Hi Mrudul,
I have a few images with more of the bird but I felt that it somehow gave the impression of an abrupt cut off of the legs etc. So I preferred a 'Mugshot' inclusion of the body.

[Bibhav Behera]

The Opera Singer - Indiawilds: Land of the Tiger. Conservation, Wildlife Photography, Communities (http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4904)
This is from the same series.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

It would have been even better if the light were from the right, so that the shadow would not have fallen on the eye. The background looks good. I agree that we should try to do something different to get a unique perspective. Though it won't be great all the time, however one should try. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice one Bibhav, the bg looks nice ,good job on the exposure.

TFS
Roopak