Painted Stork- SHAR Road

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

Painted Stork- SHAR Road(SriHarikota) Pulicat Lake- 5-01-2013

Nikon D4, 300mm + 1.4X TC, 420 mm ISO 2500 f 5.6 Shutter speed 1/8000. Low Lit Condition Handheld Cropped. Was doing a action shot of Painted Stork making its catch and hence a higher shutter speed...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose. The reflection looks good. So are there good numbers of flamingos in Pulicat this year? Thanks for sharing.

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

well this season atleast for me Flamingo's disappointed me as I went four times this season and I could not spot anything close and they were inside....

but few have spotted them very close in December....

[Sabyasachi Patra]

One can often find flamingoes in the side road that is perpendicular to the SHAR road. However, 420mm is a bit small. Once I had found them close during a gloomy, overcast day.

You need to go to the other village (I am forgetting the name - before TADA right turn) and go by boat.

You don't need 1/8000 shutter speed for these flamingoes. So you could have used a much lower ISO.

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

yes i think you are saying TADA Samudhram....

i was doing some action shot of painted storks and hence had a high shutter speed...