This is my first field testing of my 600mm F4 lens. After 6 years of using my 300mm f2.8 I am trying to get used to this monster 😉
What could be a better place to try out the same than a morning trip to Ameenpur lake. I was told Flamingos were flocking in dozens. Though to our disappointment the lake was full to its brim and there were no flamingos.
We started the morning with a common kingfisher
Ameenpur is the best place to shoot a kingfisher as the reeds are the same height as your tripod. In comparison this was my earlier Common Kingfisher shot from Ameenpur with my 300mm F2.8 couple of years back. Leave it for you to decide which one is better 😊
Next saw a common coot walk on water..
A greenish warbler
A purple sunbird female
A little cormorant....
and a Grey heron in light
...and in the morning mist
A few more from the Gandipet lake area.
Green Bee-eater
snugged together in a wintry morning
Chasing a bee (may be !!)
Coppersmith barbet
Lesser Whitethroat ( a lifer for me) and a winter visitor to India, not commonly seen in Hyderabad.
Red rumped swallow
Indian Golden Oriole
A visit to Icrisat over the easter weekend was productive.
An Indian darter on a tree
An intermediate egret
Little stints in flight
Indian thick knee or Indian Stone Curlew
A red-naped Ibis
What could be a better place to try out the same than a morning trip to Ameenpur lake. I was told Flamingos were flocking in dozens. Though to our disappointment the lake was full to its brim and there were no flamingos.
We started the morning with a common kingfisher
Ameenpur is the best place to shoot a kingfisher as the reeds are the same height as your tripod. In comparison this was my earlier Common Kingfisher shot from Ameenpur with my 300mm F2.8 couple of years back. Leave it for you to decide which one is better 😊
Next saw a common coot walk on water..
A greenish warbler
A purple sunbird female
A little cormorant....
and a Grey heron in light
...and in the morning mist
A few more from the Gandipet lake area.
Green Bee-eater
snugged together in a wintry morning
Chasing a bee (may be !!)
Coppersmith barbet
Lesser Whitethroat ( a lifer for me) and a winter visitor to India, not commonly seen in Hyderabad.
Red rumped swallow
Indian Golden Oriole
A visit to Icrisat over the easter weekend was productive.
An Indian darter on a tree
An intermediate egret
Little stints in flight
Indian thick knee or Indian Stone Curlew
A red-naped Ibis
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