A few from Sundays' Birding attempt..

[Vicky]

Hi Guys,

Sunday morning, left home around 8am for this place called 'Deepor Beel'.

Deepor Beel is a permanent, freshwater lake, in a former channel of the Brahmaputra river, to the south of the main river south-west of Guwahati city. It is a large natural wetland having great biological and environmental importance. The beel is endowed with rich floral and fauna diversity. In addition to huge congregation of residential water birds, the Deepor ecosystem harbors large number of migratory waterfowl each year.Its about 20km outside town and it was still a little foggy when i reached there.

Had to leave the car behind and trek for about 1.5km to get there..

This is what i bought back:)


#1 Ruddy Shelduck
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/4130330063_b2ced5f7d9_o.jpg

#2 Lesser Adjutant Stork
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/4130329649_0e14e8b45f_o.jpg

#3 White Wagtail Male
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/4130329165_34c12056ed_o.jpg

#4 Eurasian Hoopoe
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/4127070413_5a694879f5_o.jpg

#5 Ruddy Shelduck
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2745/4130329875_a0d165e450_o.jpg

#6 Greate Adjutant Stork
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2633/4124774044_fa8aa78e89_o.jpg


Will request the veterans (Surya) to please help me identify the species.

Thanks for looking! C&C Welcome!

Viky

[Sunny]

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Beautiful Shots! Do you sharpen your photos as part of PP? If yes, what method do you use, Unsharp Mask?

[ryder_boney]

really awesome shot mate,
#6 is just phenomenal!

[Bibudesh]

#1
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/4130330063_b2ced5f7d9_o.jpg


Viky

Viky - No words ! ...

[hitanshu]

Some are truly stupendous ... but #2, #3 - look a bit oversharpened/loss of detail! Or is it just my eyes?

[surya@64]

Vicky, very good birding....and BIF...(Bird in fight)...I know how difficult it is to catch these winged beauties....

First frame is Ruddy shelduck in flight....

second frame is Lesser Adjutant stork..

third frame is White Wagtail male....

fourth frame is Hoopee....

fifth frame is Ruddy shelduck..

sixth frame is Greate Adjutant Stork...

Very good colors and good DOF...

[Vicky]

Beautiful Shots! Do you sharpen your photos as part of PP? If yes, what method do you use, Unsharp Mask?

Yes, I sharpen most of my pics after conversion from RAW to JPEG. I use USM in Photoshop:)

really awesome shot mate,
#6 is just phenomenal!

Thanks mate:)

Viky - No words ! ...

Thanks Rohit:p

Some are truly stupendous ... but #2, #3 - look a bit oversharpened/loss of detail! Or is it just my eyes?

Yes, you are correct, #2 and #6 were given a slightly higher dose of USM compared to my usual workflow. The loss of detail in #3 is because this one is a 100% crop:)

Vicky, very good birding....and BIF...(Bird in fight)...I know how difficult it is to catch these winged beauties....

First frame is Ruddy shelduck in flight....

second frame is Lesser Adjutant stork..

third frame is White Wagtail male....

fourth frame is Hoopee....

fifth frame is Ruddy shelduck..

sixth frame is Greate Adjutant Stork...

Very good colors and good DOF...

Thanks Surya. Planning to give this place another visit this Sunday. What time of the day do you recommend for the visit.

Thanks again for the IDs on these! No wonder you are the veteran here:)

[Nakul]

#1 is my fav pic as mentioned before
#2 : Loved the shot.. The reflection on the bird on the lake is really nice.
#5 : loved the pic as well. All the 3 birds show the different colours of the bird. This is my personal fav now.. :)

No clue about the technical side of the pics though :)

[KrishnenduKes]

Fantastic stuff as usual Vicky! Wish we could do things together and I could learn some of your techniques.

[surya@64]

Yes, I sharpen most of my pics after conversion from RAW to JPEG. I use USM in Photoshop:)



Thanks mate:)



Thanks Rohit:p



Yes, you are correct, #2 and #6 were given a slightly higher dose of USM compared to my usual workflow. The loss of detail in #3 is because this one is a 100% crop:)



Thanks Surya. Planning to give this place another visit this Sunday. What time of the day do you recommend for the visit.

Thanks again for the IDs on these! No wonder you are the veteran here:)

Good to know on your 2nd attempt this Sunday...

Vicky, the ideal time between 7am to 10am and between 4pm to 6pm in the evening....these are the golden hours.

The lighting color is ideal, the incident angle is good to get a catchlight in the eye and color are recorded well and most import is U get lots of shadow details and wing details...

All said and done...there is no hardfast rule...b'cos action keeps happening thro out the day...

The point to be noted is...Birds are active when the Sun temp. are low...They tend to hybernate in the afternoon conserving their energy.

[Aryan]

WOW pictures these Vicky! I see you are putting the 400mm to tremendous use. Superb work; I especially LOVED the first pic. :)

[vaishak]

wow ...its superb .....which camera do you use bro ...:)

[nelson_sanjoy]

Magnificent...

[anvancy-(macro analyst)]

SUPERB SHOTS!!

Anvancy

[Vicky]

#1 is my fav pic as mentioned before
#2 : Loved the shot.. The reflection on the bird on the lake is really nice.
#5 : loved the pic as well. All the 3 birds show the different colours of the bird. This is my personal fav now.. :)

Thanks Nakul:)


Fantastic stuff as usual Vicky! Wish we could do things together and I could learn some of your techniques.

Thanks Ken! Not seeing much of you on the forums these days. High season I guess;)
I would love to go on a photo shoot with you one day!


WOW pictures these Vicky! I see you are putting the 400mm to tremendous use. Superb work; I especially LOVED the first pic. :)

Thanks Aryan! Yes, I'm getting more and more attracted to birding these days:)

wow ...its superb .....which camera do you use bro ...:)

Thanks! I shot these with my 50d & a Canon 400mm Lens

Magnificent...


SUPERB SHOTS!!

Anvancy


Thanks Nelson & Anvancy!

Good to know on your 2nd attempt this Sunday...

Vicky, the ideal time between 7am to 10am and between 4pm to 6pm in the evening....these are the golden hours

Went again this Sunday. Was there from 7:30am till about 10am. But, there weren't that many birds around this time, and whatever were there were too far away into the swamps:( No sign of the Rudy Shelducks or the Adujant storks either!

This is what i bought back. All the shots are taken with the 50D + 400L + Kenko 2x TC with taped contacts. Mostly manual focus on a monopod:mad:

#1 Indian Pond Heron - Breakfast Time
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2801/4149776114_10760e100c_o.jpg

#2 White Wagtail - Love the lighting in this one
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4149016917_71735ef7d5.jpg

#3 Black Drongo
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2577/4149775806_0d4361f2b5.jpg

#4 Female Yellow Wagtail - Walking the Ramp?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4149775704_324fdf63ab_o.jpg

#5 Common Kingfisher - This is 70% crop of a 15mp Image shot with a 1280mm effective Focal length Lens! Just imagine how far away he must have been!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/4149775482_1cc6806a24_o.jpg

Thanks for looking!

Vicky

[KrishnenduKes]

I thought that N°3 was a King Crow/ Black Drongo!

[Vicky]

I thought that N°3 was a King Crow/ Black Drongo!

Thanks Ken:)