At first i felt the bright spot on the bottom right a bit distracting, but after watching the frame for a while, the bright spot just goes to the background and the water streaks dominate it (hope that made sense ).. the streaks looks like so many things i have seen artifically(sparks, fireworks, water fountains etc), but they pale in comparison to this depiction in nature.. im in love with this one and a great creation as always Sir.. i would like to see another variation of this with the neck bent, so as to not give the clue of what bird/animal it is.. that i feel would make the mind wander even more

The water splashing really looks like fireworks. haven't seen such an image before...it's so different...
thanks for sharing
sriram

this is super awesome Ganesh... Fireworks in Bharatpur

Extremely dramatic image!!! Just wondering how it would look on a huge print!! TFS GaneshAnna...

Ganshi, I downloaded the image and was trying out various crops . Somehow felt the bottom splash could go....what do you think ? Really looks like the impression of a Darter within fireworks. Wonderful execution.

Hi Ganesh,
i love the arc of the neck up to the bird's left wing. The lower right bright part i would forego, if this were my image ... keeping the image to the top 2/3rds and the left 2/3rds ... just me ... love the effect of the water - reminded me of this image from the winning images last year ... only yours has so much more action!

Nilanjan & Arati, I agree with you both on the lower part of the frame since it breaks the pattern. In fact even in the upper part I didn't like the horizontal strips. I did try cropping the bottom part but then it did not appear as good as the square composition - so decided to go with I what I got..

Hi Ganesh, I really love the effects of water being splashed around, gives a fireworks feel. As Nilanjan pointed out I tired some crops to avoid the bottom right bright spot but it hardly represents the territorial fight. I guess you must have worked out all combinations before arriving at this image. Thanks for sharing.

What a moment.. What a capture! Totally agree with Sriram.. it looks like fireworks.

Agree with Sriram, first I thought it was "fireworks". Very nicely brought out indeed ! More "standard" rendition from you for a change