Ruddy shelduck

[Kiran Ghadge]

Canon 50d + Canon 100-400mm
F 5.6 1/250 sec
ISO 200, Aperture Priority
Exposure Compensation : - 0.7
shot this in Kavdi near Pune, it was cloudy day.
Tried to capture surrounding environment for better composition.


Thanks for you time, Comments welcome.

[Kiran Ghadge]

Saby : the image i posted here looks softer than what I have on my harddisk. these are same images. what might be the reason

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Kiran,
I like the inclusion of the environment. The one at the left is at a greater distance than the one at the right. The right one is in focus. I wish the left one was more in focus. A higher aperture say f8 would have brought down the shutter speed, but that would have given you higher depth of field. Overall, I like this shot. Thanks for sharing.

This year, I shot them in Bharatpur, but they remained at a greater distance than the bar headed geese.

[Rakesh Dhareshwar]

This is a brilliant image !!

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice shot. Thinking if you could crop a bit from the top, so the more focus is on the birds.

[Udai Bisht]

Lovely image, Kiran. The colours on the birds have come out very well. Capturing the surrounding environment too seems a good idea. I love how the birds stand out against the green BG. Makes them look very striking!