Snake Bird

[Atul Sinai]

Hi Guys,

Got this image on Chorao island, Goa. The image quality might not be the best as this is a huge crop. The bird was quite far away as it wasn't possible to move any closer.

This image is of the same set when I was stuck to ISO 200. Increasing ISO and reducing aperture would have helped.

Just felt like sharing this. Please critique.

Canon 600D. 55-250mm
Manual Exposure
Evaluative metering
Shutter Speed 1/800
Aperture 6.3
ISO 200
Focal Length 235mm
Cropped by 73%
Handheld

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Atul,this looks like a cormorant to me.Are you sure that this is a darter only ? Wish it was closer to you.Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Agree that it's a cormorant. Wish it were closer to you, that would have given you a much better quality image. Looks like you have done a lot of noise reduction here?
TFS

[Atul Sinai]

Yeah I made a mistake there. It is Cormoran. Just checked on google. Thanks for correcting.

Regards,
Atul

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Indeed a Cormorant, wish it were closer. The birds are not shy and can be commonly spotted near most lakes & backwaters
tfs

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Good Going Atul.To my mind, it is a Little Cormorant(Phalacrocorax Niger).Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

The perch is nice. I agree there is loss of details, maybe due to the crop or noise reduction. Slight more space on the top than in the bottom would be good. Thanks for sharing.