Sarus Crane - Calling

[Mital Patel]

From the Early stage when i was knowing nothing on how to shoot birds.
One of the best moment i've captured and been a witness.

Please do critique on the image.

Name : Sarus Crane
Scientific Name : Grus antigone
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary ( Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA)
Photograph Date : 15th january 2009

Equipment : Nikon D300, Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/200 sec at f/8.0
ISO : 400

[Mital Patel]

few things i missed in this image.

1. bit of details
2. as this is jpg i played bit on this image and saved so cant revert back to original.
3. little high sharpness
4. may be bit over saturated.

[Chitrita Chatterjee]

beautiful..almost like a studio portrait.. :-)
lovely composition.... you have caught the colors well.... the feathers looks well etched...individually.....
wish you had moved a little to the left, it would have offered a better profile of the 2nd crane....

[Harshad Barve]

Cracker of image, everything is too good

Harshad

[Mital Patel]

dear chitra

First of all thanks a lot for the reply.
It was too close attempt and they were came a lot close to me where i was just laying down on the field where they were feeding.

now if i could have tried moving it would be a total failure so i kept in sleep mode and clicking the moments. but yes i have tried some more different profiles of sarus recently at another location and it came out really good and will post them soon.

[Rahul Parekh]

beautiful capture, Mital.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Hi Mital,

Lovely composition. I liked the details in the wing and the symmetry in both of them. The open beak is a use plus. The small dots in the image, are very interesting. What are they dust particles or insects :). Loved that.

would love to see more of them..keep posting..

[AB Apana]

A very nice image. TFS!

Apana

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Mital,
Lovely. Sharp image. It is a treat watching their courtship rituals. I would liked a bit more space at the bottom. The water droplets flying around adds to the image. The border distracts and takes the eye away from the beautiful Sarus (especially the white strip).

Would love to see more images of these magnificent birds.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[SangeetaDhanuka]

oh my god this is a cracker...just too good

[Murugan Anantharaman]

This is amazing...I've always been fond of Sarus cranes, so thanks for this lovely photo.