Blackbuck Scape: Maidannahalli

[Bibhav Behera]

Shot this yesterday in Maidannahalli.

Canon 1000D, 300f/4
SS 1/4000 (-1/3)
f/5
ISO 400

Full Frame Image.
Comments and critiques welcome.

[Mrudul Godbole]

The habitat looks good. The mountains in the background are nice. Its good you got it looking towards you. Thanks for sharing.

[V S Sankar]

Very nice image of the animal and its habitat.Liike to see more close ups.I am sure you would have got it......

Regards

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice colours and perspective....why f5?

[Bibhav Behera]

Roopak,
I wanted the Blackbuck to stand out, hence I chose a shallow DOF. narrowing down further would have brought the background more in focus, I agree, but would not have made the Blackbuck pop. I liked the way the mountains were diffused. Just to be on the safer side, I also clicked images at f/10 and more with similar compositions. I liked the ones with f/5 better.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The 300mm f4 IS lens works great at f4.

In this image, the tree takes away attention. Without the tree on the right side, the image would have been strengthened. f10 would have given you good depth of field as well as good enough shutter speed. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice image Bibhav, the habitat looks great. How's birding in this place?
tfs

[Bibhav Behera]

Birding is good. We found Tawny Eagles as well as other small shrub birds.