Painted Stork in flight

The stork was jumping from from one branch to another when this moment was captured.

Location: Pune
Canon 600D. 400mm f5.6
Manual Exposure
Auto Focus
Manual metering
Shutter Speed 1/1600
Aperture 6.3
ISO 400
Focal Length 400mm
Cropped by 35%
Handheld

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Atul

Lovely image of the bird in hopping flight. Well composed.Action is testified to by inclusion of the habitat.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

Nice image you cought at the right time.
TFS

Nice flight pose. The eye contact is nice. Its good that you are getting to photograph a lot, just see if there is any way to get closer, so you don't have to crop. Thanks for sharing.