Malabar Pied Hornbill

[Kiran Ghadge]

Canon50d + Canon 100-400mm
1/1250 sec, F 5.6 at ISO 200

[Murugan Anantharaman]

nice timing and a lovely image...guessing it might have sat on the branch and you must have shot it as it took off...the feathers seem to give a red indian crown effect

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Kiran,
Good one. 1/2500 shutter speed would have been good in this case. Ofcourse, the blurred wing tips gives an idea that it has taken off from the branch. I saw couple of these in Bandhavgarh but they were far off and beyond my range. Where was this clicked? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[AB Apana]

A nice capture of a moment in time. TFS!

Apana

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Lovely capture at the right time. Love it even more because this is one of my most favourite birds. I'm curious to know , however, why the wing tips, and especially the branch, are blurred even at this high shutterspeed.

[Aditya Panda]

Nice capture. The eye is sharp and the blurred wings give the feel of flight. Thanks for sharing.

Where was this?

Regards,
Aditya

[Kiran Ghadge]

thanks all..
shot this in bandhavgarh. Iam not sure about exact place....
Abhishek, I think the blur may be becasue I moved my camera to follow bird, sort of panning