River Tern

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

River Tern - Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary - 11-11-2012

Nikon D4, 70-300 VR, 300 mm ISO 500 f 5.6 Shutter speed 1/2000. Handheld Cropped

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice. Is this a big crop ? Did you try a wider compo? the light seems good enough for a lower ISO and a narrower aperture as the bird seems stationary unless you were anticipating some action.

TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice calling pose. Good eye contact. Agree with the above comments. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Kumaran,
I agree with Roopak. A lower shutter speed would suffice. For birding the 300 mm often falls short. Moving closer is not advisable as the bird gets tensed. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

thanks and agree with the comments i was capturing birds in flight before this and did this one with the same settings