Great Rosefinch

[Subhajit Chaudhuri]

When I and my cousin brother reached the base camp of Mt Everest [ alt 5365m ], before we could stare at anything this individual came in front of us from nowhere!! It was not camera shy and so bold that came very near to me. I left my telephoto lens back at Gorakshep to shed some of my loads. This guy compensated that mistake by coming so near to me that I clicked this particular shot with my 15-85 lens. But the angle was poor because I feared if I bent down it could flew away.

Date : 10th Nov 2014
Location: Everest Base Camp (south) , Nepal
With Canon 600D, 15-85 IS USM lens handheld.
F14, 1/400, ISO 200, EV (-)0.7, minor crop.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice you could get it so close. It seems it is used to human presence. Agree a lower angle would have enhanced the composition. Maybe after clicking a few images, you could have tried sitting down, if it stayed you could have got some images with lower angle. Look forward to more from the Himalayas. Thanks for sharing.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice picture. Rose finches in this part of the world are not shy of humans. When I visited Kedarnath in May saw quite a few of these finches. They came pretty close to humans and seemed quite fearless.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice to see this from base camp.

TFS
Roopak

[Subhajit Chaudhuri]

To me it was total surprise to see him after reaching the base camp . We were above treeline for last few days [> 4000m] and the area was obviously devoid of any plants/shrubs etc. Sustaining life must be difficult !