Drongo

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Managed to sight a lot of Drongos in karnala a couple of weeks back. Was traveling hence couldnt post earlier. Light was a bit bad and so was the distance, have managed to create this image with the available resources. Cropped Image.

Nikon D3100, focal length 300mm, F 5.6, SS 1/640.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Agree that the lighting is always tricky in Karnala. Had been there last week and found quite a lot of racket-tailed drongos. Also found loads of birds plus a pair of fighting mongooses(!) on the Mortaka trail.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice head turn and eye contact.Thanks for sharing.SAktiWild

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

P.S.:This beautiful bird having plumage highly glossed with bronze-green and blue ,in my view, is Bronzed Drongo(Dicrurus aeneus).The setting looks like a painting.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Thanks Saktipadaji for the actual id and your comments.

[Mrudul Godbole]

It is a difficult pose to photograph as the head is away from you. There is some noise, what was the ISO? An off-centered composition would have been good. Wish it was closer. Thanks for sharing.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Mrudul, I am not able to get the ISO details from the file.I had set the ISO to select automatically between 400 to 3200. I did sharpen the image a bit. Maybe the noise is also because of that.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

When you sharpen, the noise also gets sharpened. When the subject is small in the frame, you need to really use all your technique and any support available to get a steady shot, so that the sharpness is good. I am sure you will get it again in better light. Thanks for sharing.