Birding

[Rajbir Oberoi]

Oriental dwarf Kingfisher :

What adds to the flavor of monsoon is the food we gorge on, a crab in my beak and a evening by the shore for the memories to cherish on.

Canon 7D + Canon 100-400mm
AV Mode, ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1/500s @ 365mm

Chiplun, Maharashtra, August 2014

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Great to see this beautiful bird. It is so gorgeously colourful. Where exactly is chiplun? Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Lovely .....good eye contact,clean bg, lovely pose and the catch is a big plus.one of the most colourful birds to be seen in india.did u try any differnt compo.why 365 mm?
Roopak

[Rajbir Oberoi]

thanks all for lovely comments,

@ Sabyasachi - there is village about 30 kms from Chiplun Railway Station called Shervalli village and there is a place, A small home cum cottage called Eagle Nest birding which is run by Nishikant Tambe, there you get this beauty.

@ Roopak - i was using 100-400mm, so shot this one in different ranges posted this one for now in 365mm will be posting full zoomed in shots in coming days as well...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Beautiful colours. Nice eye contact. Great you got it with a catch. Slight off centered composition would have enhanced the image further. Thanks for sharing.

[Rajbir Oberoi]

thanks Mrudul... agree with you on slight off centered, had i been using 500mm or 600mm then would have definitely framed it off center, with a bird more closer than this...

[Prasad Dingankar]

Nice capture.. This year During Ganpati Festival, I drove to my home and stopped at Chiplun, for this beauty but probably It has changed its regular nesting spot. Missed it completely this time. Thanks for sharing

[Rajbir Oberoi]

thanks for the like Prasad, i went all the way to chiplun only for this bird and i was lucky, got some nice shots of this bird with different Preys