Ranganthittu Bird sanctuary is in Mandya district on way to Mysore from Bangalore.
It was my first bird photography experience with BWS group and I was also testing my new Canon 100-400L IS lens to be used on my future trip to African Safari.
I had always read about the excitement and joy of chasing birds through the viewfinder and finally capturing them onto memory cards. I lived all those moments of happiness and accomplishment at Ranganthittu. It is a dream place to capture birds in their full glory.
The number of birds that are available at this place is huge and they seem to get less disturbed with human co-existence and close approach to their habitats. A boat ride takes one very close to them to frame the birds majestically. There are moments when one can get confused as there are subjects to be shot in 360 views.
It was a learning experience of framing the birds and allowing the photos to breathe and hence stand out. Personally I am quite impressed with this place and the lens. It was also about carrying the camera lens combination around neck for almost 6 hours straight.
The collection of photos can be found at the following link:
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Some of the birds we saw were storks, egret, spoonbill, pelican, cormorant, fly catcher, kingfisher, river tern.
We had taken boat rides at 2 times of the day, one is morning around 11 am and another one around 4:30 pm to give us good variations in the lighting conditions. Both the sessions provided us with good opportunities to shoot birds and learn about their species.
Apart from the boat rides, one can walk around the sanctuary islands and still capture birds in flight and on distant trees. A long telephoto lens seems a must in such situations. Also I agree with the common saying that for bird photography any lens focal length seems less.
We reached back home around 9pm with gigs of photos only to be processed in the coming days and finally posting them here.
Feedback is welcome.
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February 11th, 2010 at 2:14 am
Nice crisp shots dude! Keep it goin!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Hi Sarthak,
Brilliant photography! My favourite is the painted stork on 15. Image 12 – the igret could’ve been more towards right side leaving room on the left.
Can you tell me which lens you were using? Just curious..:)
Regards
February 11th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Very good photographs!
February 11th, 2010 at 8:51 am
cool and crisp :) upload more ..
cheers
vivek
February 11th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Dude I love the photos you took the birds are crazy looking! That Cormorant is awesome looking. Around here they have yellow beaks and look like they are ocean faring creatures. This one looks like it adapted to lakes and inland environments. These birds are known to hold their wings up out of the water to dry off since they do not have the oil glands like other birds to repel water. :) My favorite bird man! :) Pic 8…
February 11th, 2010 at 10:55 am
All these photos have been shot with Canon 100-400 L IS lens. Seems impressive in its first outing.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Awesome photos buddy…
February 11th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Awesome clicks Dude.. Gr8 stuff… :)
February 12th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Superb! painted stork shot is really cool..
February 17th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Good pictures there man…
February 18th, 2010 at 1:29 am
HEy Superb Pics, No Second Work on it.
Hey what lenses you use for this Photography..,
And what kind of Post Procession..,
I’m curious of these man,
Do let me know :)
Again., Great work.., Keep going :)