Catch Me If You Can: Painted Stork, a photo from Delhi, Nord

Photographer's Note

I got this nice pose in Delhi Botanical Garden. I got frustrated not to get a nice one after going 2 consecutive days due to thick fog almost whole day but the third day proved to be successful.

Painted stork is a tropical species, belonging to the stork family of Ciconiidae. The bird is found in the Asian continent, covering the area from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia. Broad-winged soaring birds, the Painted storks of India fly with their neck outstretched. They are resident birds and are found in Indian lowland wetlands, with trees.

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rlrad (1845) 2010-01-16 9:06

Hi Tushar,

I think this was a really great capture, especially from a point and shoot camera. Every one I have ever used was not a conducive tool to getting subjects in motion unless I was very lucky. With my camera now, were I ready for the stork, I would just keep my finger on the shutter while panning with his movement and somewhere in there I would get a sharp photo. I don't think that is possible with your camera, but maybe it is - I have never used one.

So, we start out with a great capture, now I think it needs a few things before it is presented, so I did a workshop - I hope you don't mind - to straighten the photo out and try to sharpen up the stork - your lens focused on the areas of highest contrast, which would be the black edges of the wings. The most important part of him is fuzzy - the eyes and face. I couldn't help it much there without distorting other parts, but I did what I could.

That is a beautiful bird and you were really fortunate to get a shot of him in flight - this is a classic shot, I think. Great effort!

Thanks for sharing!
Reed

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lvik (421) 2010-01-16 9:07

hi Tushar Kanti Mandal
good times
hi lvik

satabdikundu (12) 2010-01-27 6:50

Great Capture.

patpatch (1601) 2010-01-29 5:43

Hi Tushar.

What a beautiful shot.and a very difficult subject.It's never easy to capture a moving subject.
3 days for one photo,but the result is very good.
I like the colours of the bird.

Congratulation for your patience.

Patrick

Ricx (13495) 2010-01-29 10:53

Hi Tushar, A very good image.. I agree a faster shutter speed freezes the image, as you have done in your image.. This is a very unusual bird, with its short body and long beak and neck. Good shot

vizugonesailing (338) 2010-05-10 10:55

Hello Tushar

This is a beautiful photograph of a majestic bird in flight. The timing was perfect with the wings wide open.

The light was also very good and shows the nice colours on the head and beak.

A couple of small suggestions would be to make the water line horizontal and sharpen the picture with a sharpening tool in a post process software, like Photoshop. Both these small modifications would make this picture even more powerful.

A really nice photograph, congratulations.

Michel