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Indian Pond heron !!

The Indian pond heron or paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to Pakistan, India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sr...
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The Indian pond heron or paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to Pakistan, India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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NIKON D5100

settings

Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 3000/10

upload_date

Feb, 2015

Views

394

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Awards

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Top Choice

Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

Peer Award

Outstanding Creativity

Magnificent Capture

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 30 rank

Behind The Lens

Location

I'm a traveller from India and during travelling I never forget my Camera. I went on a trip to Vishakapatnam (located in India) which is pretty famous for beaches. One fine afternoon I went to the beach and happened to see this heron. Being a bird lover i carry my 70-300 mm lens along with me (though its pretty heavy :-D). After following the bird for around 30 mins finally got this low angle shot which is one my favourite photos.

Time

It was shot during the afternoon which was a sunny day and I happened to be near the beach.

Lighting

It was a sunny day and the light was perfectly good. So nothing much to share about it

Equipment

This was shot using Nikon D5100 with 70-300 mm Nikkor lens.

Inspiration

Being a bird watcher I always loved to click different birds and also study about the same. So I happened to be near the beach where I noticed few birds like Kingfishers,Sand plovers,Eagles,Herons etc. Once my eyes are set on a bird till I get a perfect shot I follow the bird.

Editing

In this particular picture not much of post-processing required just a little bit of sharpness was increased.

In my camera bag

I always carry Nikon D5100 along with 18-55 mm,35 mm,70-300 mm lens and my most favourite REVERSE RING ADAPTER for macro photography.

Feedback

For people who would love to click birds I would like to advice is always carry a zoom lens with good VR. Hold the lens firmly in a good position to avoid shakes which will result in a blurry picture. I'm not really a big fan of using tripod but depending on the lighting please carry one light-weighted tripod.

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Indian Pond heron !!

The Indian pond heron or paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to Pakistan, India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sr... Read more

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The Indian pond heron or paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to Pakistan, India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sr...
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