Sunday 26 August 2012

Super Model among Birds


Monsoon season has been in full swing in Hyderabad, rain became unpredictable, Its have been continuously raining here specially on weekends which made up tough for me to go for birding.
But finally on this weekend of August weather was good and i made up my mind and went for birding, Didn't get much birds now on the lake as Fisherman has really occupied all the place and started fishing which is making up birds to move to other places.
Finally decided to capture the Super model among the birds, The Bee Eaters !! And now i  am using a different technique to get closer...Sitting on my Bike and moving close to them without much movement with every shot has been turning up  really good for me. This model was sitting on a perch and was looking for the bee, as soon as he see it, target it then move with the bee's movement, capture it and back to the perch again to clean its feathers and swallow it. That's how they kill for the meal !! 


Rain was disturbing me, showering frequently and stopping and i had to keep my gear putting out and putting in from my backpack every time. Finally all time spent there turned out well it seem, These are the results what  i got with Cannon EOS 1100 D with 55-250 lens. The setting used was Aperture Priority mode with F8  Handheld :)