Beauty on thorns

[Sabyasachi Patra]

This is from Hessarghatta. When Praveen and Anu were busy chasing the Indian roller, I clicked this one. I think this is a paddyfield pipit.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII ie. at 800mm optical focal length, (with the 1.3x crop of my camera the effective focal lenghth was 1.3x800 = 1024 mm). ISO 200, f9, 1/500, bean bag.

This is a full frame image.

Look forward to your comments and critiques.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice composition. The perch looks nice. at that focal length wonder how the F9 hasn't covered the tail.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice composition & perch, good details however as pointed out by Bibhav the tail is slightly OOF.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Different composition. The thorns are nicely in focus displaying its enviornment. Nice clean back ground. Sharp.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

It is a big challenge to get the entire bird in focus. It is easier if the bird is perched parallel to the camera sensor.

In this case the bird was quiet close. I think it may be at 11-12 feet. The depth of field at 800mm at that distance is barely a few mm and is not sufficient to cover the bird from beak to tail. For example, depth of field at
f9 at 12 feet: 0.24 inch = 0.6 cm
f11 at 12 feet: 0.36 inch = 0.9 cm
f16 at 12 feet:0.48 inch = 1.2 cm

If the bird is at a distance, then the depth of field would be higher. In that case, the bird will also occupy a small part of the frame. That is why when you crop big, you will find the entire bird covered by depth of field. And this is one way, I know if the image is a big crop

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Anuradha Nautiyal]

Wonderful shot .. the details have come out well. It does look like a pipit :-)
Personally I would have preferred a little crop from the bottom .

Please post your Juvenile Brahminy Kite and the Egyption Vulture pics

Thanks
Anu

[Priya Vinay]

Very nice image with great details I wish there was bit more space left above the head... TFS

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Good shot, sharp. I like the compo.