Birds' Paradise Photo

Photographer’s Note

Parallel to the way to the Chambal Canal, this beautiful place is heaven for birds. Just stop here, turn off your engine and listen the lovely songs of many beautiful birds. Many of the birds here hate people, so you have to wait for their turn.

It was too much fog of December here. I used many settings to recover pixels from the white.

One thing that is different here is the Digital Zoom. Due to the long distance coverage I used digital zoom for this image.

The image fields contains:
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
ApertureValue - F 4.51
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 58.00 mm
WhiteBalance - Auto
DigitalZoomRatio - 1.60 x
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal
ISO Value - Auto

On Leo's (leo61) suggestion, I am changing the title as Birds' Paradise from "Birds Home".

kittyhawk, sined, leo61, TeresaT, berek, Galmeida, pranab, IvarsU, ramesh_lalwani, atus, catalina has marked this note useful

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kittyhawk (1687) 2006-04-01 12:11

I think this is an interesting shot. Very nice composition and detail.

- Halgeir

Gerrit (36259) 2006-04-01 12:27

Hi Rakesh,
a difficult shot with a good result and a very interesting place.
Thanks and regards, Gerrit

sined (4483) 2006-04-01 12:38

like a fairy tale ! such an harmonius place with all those water birds is a dream i'd like to realise one day ! is the famous shama thrush living in this area ?
thank you very much Rakesh to make us discover this bird heaven!

leo61 (43712) 2006-04-01 13:09

Hi Rakesh!
That`s a nice building at a beautiful place.The soft yellow/green tones are fantastic.Not only a birds home,a birds paradise.
Have a nice weekend,regards,
LEO

TeresaT (10733) 2006-04-01 18:14

Hi Rakesh
Great image of this "birds home".
I like the variety of green/yellow tones.
This looks really a nice and quiet place.
You had lucky to have some many birds in the house.
Perhaps you should include more water and the reflection of the house in the image. But anyway it is a very beautiful shot.
Regards
Teresa

berek (29019) 2006-04-02 0:42

Hi Rakesh,
interesting building with a great green. birds are so happy in this place :-)
Have a nice Sunday .
B.Erek
Meaning Sense :-)
Framing :-)
Idea :-)

carper (65622) 2006-04-02 3:00

a very nice one Rakesh,
the point of view is well taken. The composition is nice the pov is very nice and the dof is great, very good colours, good job.
gr. jaap

Galmeida (12559) 2006-04-02 4:03

Hi Rakesh,
You recovered well the withe pixels fog and we have here a nice capture of the birds house with good POV and DOF in a excelent approach zoom and enquadrement view. Good light, colors and fine sharpness. A birds daily life and moment very well seen, captured and composed by you. Congratuations and all the best to you.

Best Regards.
Fernando

pranab (5354) 2006-04-02 4:55

rakesh,
good capture of this rare moment. untouched by humans for years this place really became a birds' paradise. good color despite the distance of your subject and good color saturation.

IvarsU (2499) 2006-04-02 8:47

Hi, Rakesh!
One more gold scene from India perfomed by You! Interesting idea! Colors are like from national India carpet. Fantastic, Rakesh!
My best regards!
Ivars.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-04-02 11:58

Very authentic atmosphere of these peaceful nooks and corners in Rajasthan and neighbouring states. Takes me back by several years to the time I used to cycle around in the countryside during rains in Rajsthan.
Great capture, Rakesh.

atus (15476) 2006-04-03 19:53

Hi Rakesh,
very nice and interesting shot with beautiful colors,very good light and sharpness.Excellent digital zooming! Compliments and regards.
Attila

rabdelnoor (2973) 2006-04-03 23:49

Hi Rakesh,
Great composition. Despite the use of digital zoom, the resolution is still pretty good. The presence of so many birds made the scene really lovely.
Take care,
Ricardo

catalina (821) 2006-04-04 11:01 [Comment]

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Fis2 (46365) 2006-04-04 14:11

Witaj Rakesh!
Your photo is nicely. Curious object. I like the colours, composition and frame. Good job.
Regards
Krzysztof

razanoor (466) 2006-04-04 21:47

Hi Rakesh,

Nice work...seems like a telephoto lens was used. The color contrast is lovely and the sharpness is also good.

regards, Raza

izmirli (3283) 2006-04-10 17:50

merhaba my friend rakesh
interesting photo.vry good composition and colours. selamlar.
gürkan akçakır.

ramesh_lalwani (3209) 2006-04-13 3:02

Hi Rakesh
Beautiful structure and colors.Is it some sort of viewing tower?TFS
Ramesh