Royal Morning Walk

8th May 2017 was the last day of our Sasan Trip and as always we were late in our morning Safari, So we paid big loss of 2 Adult male Lion just by 10min even we entered at 6.30am.whom i blame, coz we all are friend n go ahead.
we went inside after useless waiting of 20min and sudden fog came and covered most of area.again disappointment.still we moved inside n inside till 7.10am and find nothing due to heavy fog except Peacock with Golden Feather
Sudden Fog fade out and like our bad luck also gone,we saw group of Lions.stopped there,enjoyed watching them and clicked so many shots.

Exifs :
Canon 7D Mark2
Manual Mode
f /5.6 || Shutter speed 1/800 || ISO 800 || 483mm || White Balance : Daylight
Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary,Junagadh, Gujarat

Greater Painted Snipe (Female)

Breeding Plumage of Male birds looks beautiful then female birds except Greater Painted Snipe. 
i was at Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary on 14/04/16 for Breeding Plumages.upto 10am we had clicked Breeding Plumages Godwit,Spotted Redshank, Ruff etc and reached at one place where Pratincole was sighted.we had clicked them and i was searching for other birds n sudden a bird started flying.it was much closure to me so unable to focus in 600mm but still m focusing it continousely and succeed to focus when it went lil away from me.clicked 3-4 shots and it was jackpot coz its a Female of Greater Painted Snipe.

Exifs :
Canon 7D Mark2
Manual Mode
f /8 || Shutter speed 1/1600 || ISO 500 || 600mm || White Balance : 5200k
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Ahmadabad,Gujarat

Watercock Female with Chick

Sometime i feels like winning a jackpot in birding.Watercock is a monsoon visitors in Gujarat and i have a desire to click this beauty.i had contacted many person to share a location but no one replied,.
So decided to search myself and everyday morning i went in my nearby area and clicked flying shots...
But at this location i go there regularly mean every 2-3 days after and sighted shot of wishlist mean Watercock Female with Chick.not a clean n sharp enough but its important that its i have.

Exifs :
Canon 7D Mark2
Manual Mode
f /8 || Shutter speed 1/1600 || ISO 1000 || 600mm || White Balance : Daylight
Surat outskirt, Gujarat

White-throated Kingfisher (Pair)

Tena wetland became hotspot for Surat Birders coz many winter birds and waders come there.it waqs a very cold morning of 06/01/16 and as per plan,i wake around at 7am but due to much cold sleep down and wake at 9am.
Finally reached there around at 9.45am and i was looking for new birds but they are much inside the lake so i ha decided to go at other side of lake n started walking beside the lake.surprisingly seen 2 White-throated Kingfisher sitting on a dried branch of tree.quickly focused and framed both in single frame.it gave 4-5 different different angle of shots.
here is one of those shots.

Exifs :
Canon 7D Mark2
Manual Mode
f /11 || Shutter speed 1/2000 || ISO 1000 || 600mm || White Balance : Daylight
Surat outskirt, Gujarat

Indian Pitta (Sunbath)

During early days of myself in photography field to till now,i was trying to frame close shots but when i had been witness of this behavior,was much happier coz didn't seen such types pics of Indian Pitta on net.
i was at hingolgadh with my besties on 21/06/17 and clicked good and dream shot/frame of Indian Pitta. we had decided to return after 12pm and we were on the way to home.in between, Abhay had seen Indian Pitta and Grey-bellied Cuckoo so i asked for location.it was just 100+mtr beside road and we stopped.i was looking for Grey-bellied Cuckoo and sighted Indian Pitta  was taking Sunbath,cudnt resist myself to frame it though it was away in the bushes.somehow managed to focus and clicked,shot was not sharp but much happier to see it and frame it.

Exifs :
Canon 7D Mark2
Manual Mode
f /8 || Shutter speed 1/1600 || ISO 2000 || 600mm || White Balance : Daylight
Hingolgadh, Rajkot, Gujarat

Sirkeer Malkoha

Some of Birds are in Wishlist of most birders,as Sirkeer Malkoha is in my wishlist since i started photography.it is very shy bird and live in bushes so you can't find in open perch usually.
one of my friend Shaileshbhai posted photos of Sirkeer Malkoha on facebook on 21/06/17 so i message him and he gave a contact of  Memud Bhai Nalsarovar for 100% sighting.
i contacted Memudbhai on 22/06/17 but i was just came from long trip for indian pitta and again go for birding for 400km is bit difficult due to my job but somehow i managed and made a plan to go on 28/06/17.
There is a heavy rain forecast thought Gujarat for 27/06/17 onward so lil confused for trip but whatever will see there and made a confirm plan.Started driving car around at 1.30am from Surat for Bardoli to pick my best buddy Viru and reached at 2.15am.we had expected to reach by 6.30am but due to rain till Nal Sarovar,we reached at 7am and then meet our guide Memudbhai & Ramzanbhai.we were lucky coz there was no rain there.
After drive of 20+km towards Vadla wetland,we reached there around at 7.30am.Parked our Car.and walked at place where Sirkeer Malkoha was sighted.our guide told us,Sirkeer Malkoha was regularly sighted by his father Kasambhai(since 15yrs),as he is oldest guide at Nal Sarovar.
we had walked in the farm for 500+mtr,wishing for clear sun but sun was playing hide n seek in clouds and as expected, our guide sighted it and show us from far.i was much happy to see it coz its my 1st sighting of this bird.took record shot from distance then approached closure.there were 2 chicks so adult came with kill to feed their chicks.enjoyed watching it.
After 15min our friend Shaileshbhai also join us as he came from Ahmadabad.we all enjoyed its presence and clicked so many shots.
here is one of best shot of Sirkeer Malkoha.

Exifs :
Canon 7D Mark2
Manual Mode
f /8 || Shutter speed 1/1600 || ISO 2500 || 600mm || White Balance : Daylight
Nal Sarovar outskirt, Ahmadabad, Gujarat