She knew that we were not a threat so she was unmindful of us and busy doing her work. She continued for 15 odd mins after which we moved away. There was a jungle lodges vehicle at a distance.

TNA Perumal was always more curious about my compositions as I was using the 400 f2.8. He was using a 70-300 zoom and told me that at his age he finds comfortable with that lightweight zoom. We had lots of discussions about composition of images. He believes that an ideal habitat image is one where the animal is anywhere between 1/3rd to 2/3rd of the frame. I agree with that. However, I create lot of tight closeups primarily to show the details in the animal. With the high resolution cameras that we use these days along with the good quality lenses and good technique it is possible to create wide habitat shots with more details in the subject as well. So large blowups will also have details of the animal. That is one of the reasons I ask people to shoot more environmental compositions these days. Unfortunately all that people do is just crop out the animal/bird.

PS: TNA Permual had written a booklet on Wildlife Photography. People can read it here: https://www.indiawilds.com/diary/pho...life-in-india/