I was in Bangalore over the weekened with a relative with no camera and , zero thoughts of birds. But, luck was on my side and to my pleasant surprise, his balcony juts into a huge old Indian banyan tree. And , to top it all, the banyan tree was fruiting ! Oh maaan, the amount of bird chirps in the morning was something to hear. Lots and lots of birding from the balcony itself ! I made do with a borrowed Nikon D7000 and a 70-300VR .
Happiness is …..birds, camera and having chai (tea) and dosai while shooting from the balcony !!!! 🙂
Here is that awesome tree.
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The trees were full of mostly Mynas. We saw Koels, parakeets, Barbets and a Golden Oriole.
Asian Koel Female (Nikon D7000, 70-300 VR, ISO 400, 1/250 @ F5,6)
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Chestnut Tailed Starling (Nikon D7000, 70-300 VR, ISO 800, 1/800 @ F5,6)
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Chestnut Tailed Starling (Nikon D7000, 70-300 VR, ISO 800, 1/500 @ F5,6)
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Chestnut Tailed Starling (Nikon D7000, 70-300 VR, ISO 800, 1/800 @ F5,6)
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Oh and another thing. By mistake I shot the whole morning in AF-A mode. One word, AF-A sucks for such situations ….wish I had noticed and changed to AF-C !
Simbly awesome…esp the third from top!
Thanks Kaustuv ! Need to do this again with a big lens !