Purple Swamphen

[Mital Patel]

Hello All,

Here is my first post to indiawilds and i would appreciate for all the comments and critiques on my images.

Name : Purple Swamphen
Scientific Name : Porphyrio porphyrio
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary ( Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA)
Photograph Date : 18th April 2009

Equipment : Nikon D300, Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/1000 sec at f/7.1
ISO : 400

[Harshad Barve]

Mital Bhai

You have started with a bang

what a good shot this is

Klass apart

Harshad

[Rahul Parekh]

Hi Mital,

Good to see you here. beautiful step to start with .

[Mital Patel]

Thanks a lot Rahul and Harshadbhai.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Hi Mital,

Welcome to IndiaWilds..!!

That is sharp image. I liked the raised feet and the colours.A bit more head turn towards you would have added to the composition further.

Was it late evening when you created this image?

Look forward to more..

[AB Apana]

Nice capture. Agree about the head turn and eye contact.

Apana

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Mital,
Welcome to IndiaWilds!

A lovely first post. The love the diffused background and the nice vegetation in the foreground. The raised leg posture is nice. Though the body is angled but the head turn is right. A degree or so towards you would have been better. Is this a cropped image?

It seems the focus is on the leg and body. A narrow aperture of f9 or so would have been better in increasing the depth of field. Some of the blacks in the body, underparts and shadow is blocked and has lost details. This image in golden light in the early morning or late evening would have been amazing. Overall an impactful image.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi