what i like here the most is very documentary-like feel of the place as well as moment, ganesh. crop really looks very interesting and underscores the last line of your description, i do think the same.

tfs. regards.

I love this Ganesh! The water drops and the dynamics of flight added with the tranquil waters make this a perfect shot in all regards. I remember saying that wish the egret was not so close to the frame, but I think I am gonna retract that statement and eat my words, as a well framed egret would probably have robbed the image of the feel that you get now which highlights the exodus of the egret. The second Egret adds balance to the composition. Now since this is a Pano crop, I was wondering if you had retained the reflection of the RHS Egret in the frame without cropping it off, it would have been more compelling IMO

Tones are great with tranquil feel. There is a nice water splash connection effect from the bird take-off point towards the camera.

I actually like your other image more http://www.naturelyrics.com/galleries/n ... ide_2.html where in water level feels closure to the camera. Worth the effort for this image.

This is a great improvement I think a Vincent Munier like shot is possible if we find a good tern nesting colony, in April.

Harsha, There were lots of little twigs which did not go well (could not see that clearly in lcd screen, view finder) which forced me to exclude reflection. Bad initial "dial-in" of composition on my part.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video ... ar&catID=1

reminded me about this video clipping of chris johns..editor in chief..
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video ... ts&catID=1

Ganesh, I have been looking at your experiments and some questions ponders me.
A similar perspective is possible from a long tele, by staying far? How effective would that be? I have seen some of the similar wide perspectives from your 600 tele. What do you say?
thanks,
-RD

RD, no, not at all possible. Theoretically we can get same angle of view staying 1/2 km away but lack of details will make it uninteresting. I would try a "moody egret" kind of perspective using 600mm f4 with similar angle of view but not "egret in its habitat" kind of image showing fine details surrounding it (hope I made my point clear!). For example we just can't get the details that you see in the ground inside water. Further, to get the similar effective DOF would be very tough. Give it a try using your long tele !!

Brilliant effort and a very promising results Ganesh! Liked the images in your site as well. Using wide angle for the avian and mammal photography is a different challenge altogether it is way tougher than using the long teles. You probably can consider buying a small motor which can have the base to hold the camera and you can control the horizontal rotation remotely. Need to search to see if something similar exits.