Zitting cisticola

[Sudipto Roy]

A zitting cisticola with nesting material in Joka marshland near south of Calcutta on Sunday.

Shooting Mode - Aperture Priority AE
TV (Shutter Speed) - 1/100 (tripod mounted)
AV (Aperture Value) - 8.0
Exposure Compensation -1
ISO Speed - 200
Focal Length - 400 mm
White Balance Mode - Daylight
Camera - Canon 450 D
Lens - EF 100-400
Crop Percentage - Zero Crop/Full frame

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good that you got this small bird close to you. The eye contact is nice. The 'V' of the branches from the bird well. It would have been good if the beak hadn't touched the branch. The f8 aperture has given good depth of field. I wish, you had got higher shutter speed. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch and eye contact. An off-centred composition would have been good. I agree about the shutter speed, slightly increasing the ISO would have helped. Wish the light was on the birds eye. Thanks for sharing.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice image, to me it looks like a filed pipit
tfs

[Atul Dhamankar]

Nice shot with its habitat.

[Sudipto Roy]

Thanks for all the comments. I didn't have too much time to react to the situation. I would have loved a faster shutter speed too.
@ Praveen - PF pipits are much larger than Zitting Cisticolas. They are approximately the size of house sparrows - 15 cm. The cisticola is much smaller at 10 cm. I have seen both umpteen number of times to know the difference.

[Bibhav Behera]

I like the composition. The perch and the grass on top frames it well. Using a higher ISO to get more shutter speed would have been nice. The habitat is shown nicely. Thanks for sharing.