Purple Swamphen

[Atul Sinai]

Hi,

Shot this at Carambolim lake in Goa. There were quite a few of these there. It was pleasure to watch them.

Please critique

Canon 600D. 400mm f5.6
Manual Exposure
Auto Focus
Manual metering
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Aperture 6.3
ISO 400
Focal Length 400mm
Cropped by 32%
Handheld

Thanks!

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image.The wingspread, elegant dancing pose,habitat so beautifully documented.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Wow! Lovely image and great dancing pose
tfs

[Suraj Sreedhar]

Lovely image,hope it were closer to you.

Thanks for sharing.

[Mrudul Godbole]

The jumping pose captured is nice. Good eye contact. The light seems a bit harsh. What time did you photograph? Also there seems to be a slight tilt, you can correct that. When you go back next time try to photograph when the light is good (and it is not against the light) so you can get better details. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice one. I like the pose. I agree that if the lighting were from the left, then the underparts of the bird would have been visible and would have looked nice. Opening up the shadows will also help.

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks for comments !

Mrudul, shot that around 10.30. Would love to share another shot from the same session. Wings are better displayed here.