Flying Blues | Indian Roller

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Photographed at Bangalore Outskirts,


Nikon D3100, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED + AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E II/14E

F/5.6,1/2500s, ISO 200, 420mm

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

"......bursting into dazzling blues with spread of its pinions and tail, there is nothing hurried or undignified about its movements- it flaps lazily along on broad, sapphire and azure wings, like some gigantic butterfly, takes its prey casually from air......"-M.Krishnan

(March Roller: Republished in The Sunday Statesman on 25-March-2012. The complete article is also available in our 'Natural History' column: 'Country Notebook- M.Krishnan' )
Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sucheth Lingachar]

thank you Saktipada ji.....

[Anand Madabhushi]

very well exposed.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image Sucheth.The image has a halo effect around it, largely due to the blues. Thanks for shairng.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice take off pose. There is a halo around the image. Any selective sharpening done? A bit more brightness and less contrast will do a world of good to this image. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi