Siberian Stonechat Female

Sometimes you get best and expected shots.as usual i was searching for common hoopoe on road side of Surat outskirts. i see this Siberian Stonechat Female,so stopped my car and taken this shot.

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Canon 600D
250mm lens
Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter speed 1/400
f5.6
ISO 100
Surat Outskirt,Gujarat.

Brown Headed Gull

Today morning around at 6am my 6yrs old prince wake due to cough and didn't want to sleep again so i offer him to go at causeway on river Tapi and watch new bird,so he agreed. its hardly 3km away from my home.
every year in winter this bird come there and wanted to catch them but due to my laziness of early wake up, i didn't got chance and today my prince give it lol...
on the way i gave little information about this bird,how it looks,what it eat,where they live,etc.finally we reached there and my prince suddenly ask me "papa you didn't tell that bird's name yet!!!"
i laughed and asked its a Silver Gull
i had taken more than 100 snaps there.out of them few are best and here is best of best for you.
while i was clicking this shot one person stopped and asked me "hey.. r u in media" 

exif

Canon 600D
250mm lens
Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter speed 1/250
f5.6
ISO 100
Causeway,Surat,Gujarat.

Indian Roller

Indian Roller looks very beautiful when it fly. its in my dream catch list so whenever i see this bird waited and waited to catch this beauty while it fly.
taken many photos but most are shaky but i know one day i will improve photography skill and will catch it and that day came.
i was searching birds as usual at speed of 5km in my car on road to Dandi,Surat.when i was aprx 2km away from that village i saw the Indian Roller and came out of my car.time was around 4pm and road is clear so i stand for photography without tripod,with taking photos going closer and closure,roller noticed my movement and it fly away taken some burst shots and i was lucky only 2 shots are focused but one is superb and i am sharing with you.

 Camera : Canon 600D
Shooting Mode : Sports
Shutter Speed : 1/1600
Aperture Value : 5.6
ISO : 160
Auto ISO Speed : On
Focal Length : 179mm
White Balance : Auto

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Black-Shouldered Kite

For birding you have to go out of your home.i was searching birds at walking speed in my car,suddenly see a kingfisher sitting on a electric pole,so stopped my car far away and come out for close up. with taking small steps and snaps,trying go closer but noticed my movement and fly away.i was disappointed coz cudnt get close up.still trying to focus for flying snaps.
during this i was just below that electric pole and i heard a sound of wings.i stand there like frozen myself. without body movement slowly try my camera to move on that bird and when i see with clear focus, i am so happy to catch this raptor.
taken many pics but this raptor is not coming in my screen properly due to it was sit on top most electric wire.then myself moved slowly to get best view and m succeed to catch.

here is the best shot

image is grainy coz i forget to change iso 800 to 100, while big cloud passed from sun.

October'14
Location : Surat Outskirt, Gujarat

Common Hoopoe

During winter wake up in early morning is bit hard for me though get ready 6.30am and traveled aprx 25km for capturing photos of Flamingos at Navsari Outskirts (Nani Kakrad and Sultanpur).after parking car roadside walked 2+km but didn't find single flamingo.
Then i met with good human being n gr8 photographer Kamlesh R.Gandhi and we talked there and been friend.He told me regarding Flamingos were gone some other place due to drain of water but find other birds.
after some more walks i find Common Hoopoe,which is in my dream catch list,due to its colour hard to find,you can see it only after if it fly away...lol..but good thing is most birds come again that place where they sit and you have to take passion to catch it.i had waited more than 30 min and take some clicks but due to one my mistake image stabilization was off and most image went blurred.

again it fly away but after 1hour of hide and seek take 3 clicks and here is best one for you.

you can read more regarding Common Hoopoe at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe


Camera : Canon EOS 600D

Shooting Mode :Aperture-Priority AE

Tv ( Shutter Speed ) : 1/400

Av ( Aperture Value ) : 5.6

ISO Speed : 100

Focal Length : 250.0mm

White Balance Mode : Auto

Location : Navsari Outskirt, Gujarat